Experimentation with sound

Emily, today I recorded this short video of you exploring sound through the use of daily house hold items. I spotted you tapping away on some plates and a metal fruit bowl and was very impressed with the musical arrangement you had created. We have discussed the possibility of setting up a group of house hold items on a string and may have a go at this tomorrow. Well done Emily fantastic creativity!

Planting sunflowers

Today we planted some sunflowers that were given to us last year into larger pots. Some of the children were very interested in helping whilst others were quite content settling back into kindergarten and working busily in other areas. We will have to keep a very close eye on them and make sure they're well watered so that they survive the wonderful warm weather we've been having lately! The small group that helped are really looking forward to the big smiling faces of the sunflowers growing and will be watching closely. :-)

Providing provocation

In an emergent curriculum we never know just where a day will take us. On this occasion Joel was eager to Google search rockets, develop a plan and proceed to build one. Having had lots of experience making things with large pieces of cardboard Joel just knew where he wanted to start ... with lots of cardboard and cellotape. Just a smidgen of help was needed to keep it in a circle while the cellotape was applied. Within a short time a group of interested onlookers had formed, asking questions about how they could make one too. The discussion led to the construction of a second rocket. There was just one problem ... where were they going to get the fire from? Trudi led the boys on a tour of the resources to find a suitable medium. Finally, red paper was decided upon and attached to the bottom of the rocket. I wonder what additions and modifications will be made on Monday? Joel, thank you for sharing your ideas.

Sharing holiday adventures

It is our first week back at kindergarten after term break. One of our greatest delights is reading about childrenʻs holday adventures in the childrenʻs portfolios. Madison was just so eager to share the photos of her kittens and the photos of her escapades with her cousins from Sydney. Madison, what an attentive audience you had.

Why doesnʻt he eat Weetbix?

That was Ryanʻs question as he watched our Turtle, Franklin eat his blood worms. Why indeed not, we asked? We realised we did not know if Franklin would like Weetbix. How could we find out? Our book tells us that his favourite foods are shrimps and bloodworms. YUK! We were glad that we didnʻt have that for lunch! The book also told us that turtles like lettuce ... but our Franklin doesnʻt appear to like it. perhaps it is just a case of ʻGreen eggs and ham.ʻ So .. we still donʻt know if Franklin likes weetbix. Perhaps we will have to do some more research into this.

The coolest of tee shirts

Izaak, we have loved having your Dad stay at kindergarten this week ... and what a cool tee shirt you have been wearing.

Making connections

One very big bonus of starting back at kindergarten before the older children go back to school is that we get to see and have some quality time with our school age siblings. On this occasion Erika came in to show the children the moves to High School Musical 3. It seems some of the children (mostly those with older siblings) had seen the movie and were a wee bit familiar with the moves. Thank you Erika and Rubin (and thank you to their Mum Seiko for tidying our gardens too).