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Week 4 - Sept 29th - Oct 3rd 2025Β
This week in Fundations we learned 2 vowels! i and u. The key word for i is itch and the key word for u is up. We are working on printing these letters using the fundations verbal path and connecting the sound each letter makes.
We also recognized Truth and Reconciliation day and that Every Child Matters! We took our teddy bears to the teddy bear clinic put on by the nursing students from UPEI and took a trip on the bus to the apple orchard where we saw blue berries, grapes and picked apples as well as taking a walk through the woods. Below are some of the experiences we had in KA this week.π Have a super weekend! Anita Β Β πππ»Β
We wrote I love you on a feather for Truth and Reconciliation day.
We enjoy working and playing together to complete a goal!
Playing games helps us build skills.
An invitation to play!
An invitation to play!
Can you find the apples hidden in the leaves?
We are building skills! Fine motor development, using our 5 senses, sorting and counting, developing team work and collaboration.
We can choose to read a book together!
The Ambassador of the day wrote us a morning message!
We are working on spelling our names and developing sentence structure.
We are all learning!
We can colour a picture to tell a story.
We can tell our favourite color apples.ππ
Building with magnetic blocks!
We can throw the bean bag and name the letter, key word, sound it lands on.
We are working on the vowel, i.
We were excited to take our stuffies to the clinic!
We checked out the heart beat.
We got fitted for glasses!
Our stuffies had a great check up!
We can play matching letter games together.
We can throw the sticky ball and say the sight word it lands on!
We paintedΒ our fall trees with broccoli! We cut up the sentence, "My fall tree." then put it back together again. We are learning that words put together make sentences.
We created window frames to go over our fall tree pictures.
What do we see out of the window in the Fall?
We picked grapes off the vine.
We got to taste 4 different kinds of grapes.
Farmer Don also grows grapes on vines!
We learned how to pick apples properly and got to take some home. We also got to taste one at the Orchard!π
We got to see blueberries growing on the bushes.
We can match rhyming words with the picture on the apple pie!
We can match objects that start with the same sound!
We are working on sharing our thoughts through the morning message.
Lets make number pyramids!
We try to figure out how to create a pyramid.
We use pictures to tell about our family.π
I spy letters and sounds! We work together to learn!
Walking the snake path at the school on a beautiful Fall day.
We are using our 5 senses to explore the world around us!
We found a fuzzy caterpillar!
Look at the Fall colours.
Week 3 - Sept 22nd - 26th 2025
This week in KA, Echo taught us 2 new letters! m and n. They are both plane line letters, which means we start printing them on the plane line! The key word for m is man and the key word for n is nut. We are also learning that we can write what we say using letters and words and that we can form a sentence!
We also participated in the Truth and Reconciliation Assembly and the Terry Fox run this week. Below are some of the experiences we enjoyed at school.π Have a wonderful weekend! Anitaππ»
Invitation to play!
Sensory play! We are prepared to get messy!!
We LOVED playing in the dirt!Β
Can you release the animals back into the wild?
We tried to put them back in their cages.
We released them all! This is a great activity for developing fine motor control!
We can match pictures that rhyme. This is a tricky concept for KA.
We put together a hexagon puzzle.
We had to match the correct colors. We tested our theories!
We are noticing the sight words we know in the morning message and circling them! my, I, like, it, is,
We read a story about how to be a bucket filler! A bucket filler is a person who does kind things for others and makes people feel good about themselves.π We are all bucket fillers in KA!
We completed an activity where we had to decide if the picture showed someone bucket filling or bucket dipping. Good job KA.π
We sorted buttons by color. We are collaborating!
We see things in different ways. This is a very strong mitten! We are creative!
We discussed where our friends in KA were born. We found the countries on the classroom globe and we learned that each country has a flag! We wrote our names beside the country we were born. Now we all live on Prince Edward Island in Canada.π
We created a maze!
Through play we show that we can sort! We can tell about our creations.π
We can see the Canada food guide in our dramatic play center.
In our outdoor classroom we sorted foods into 2 baskets. The always food and the sometimes food!
Kinetic sand is a favourite sensory play!
We are learning letters and sounds with Echo using our magnetic letter boards.
We painted apple trees! We had to be very careful to paint in the lines!
We can put letters together to spell words.
We are learning the letter m.
We can find it, trace it, dot it and make it. This is using a multi sensory approach.
Play in our outdoor classroom!
Balancing develops core strength, focus and spatial awareness!
We build using natural materials in our outdoor classroom!
We can clap and use shakers to determine the number of syllables in a word. We can sort the pictures into 1 or 2 syllable baskets!
We completed the Terry Fox run! Well done KA.πββοΈπββοΈ
We played the syllable game that we played in a large group during our free play. We enjoy trying out what we are learning and making connections to our environment!
We can make letters using the cube a links! These are the letters Echo has taught us so far!
During play we can practice creating patterns.
We predicted which apple we would like the best by voting with the magnets under the color word. We read a big book about apples.ππ
We tasted a piece of each apple color.
We described each apple by using our 5 senses.
We wrote our name beside the apple we liked best!
We are working on printing our letters.
We choose to practice our new skills during play together.
We created eaten apples. We learned that the centre of an apple is called a core and that's where the seeds are.
We counted how many seeds we used and wrote the numeral to match.
We sang a song about 10 red apples. We painted an apple tree. We had to be very careful not to mix the colours.
We wrote the numerals to 10 on our apples.πππ
Week 2 - Sept 15th - 19th 2025
This week Echo the owl introduced us to 2 new letters. b and f. They are both sky line letters, which means we print them starting at the skyline! The key word for b is bat and the key word for f is fun. We practised our drill sounds warm up by reviewing the letter t, already taught as well as how we hold a pencil/marker and what writing position at our chairs looks like. We are also learning about words that rhyme including songs and stories with rhyming words in them! We have been drawing in our drawing books and learning letter identification through letter based activities and art. On Friday we had an assembly and got to meet the Earth Rangers, they taught us about all kinds of animals and projects that Earth Rangers do to take care of the earth! Below are some of the experiences we had in KA this week. Have a wonderful weekend! Anitaππ
Sensory play with kinetic sand!
Matching uppercase to lowercase letters or matching the picture on the back that starts with the letter sound.
An invitation to play with natural materials!
We are discussing what staying on task in KA looks like!
We can draw ourselves. We can do hard things and we can try our best.π
It was a beautiful day for a picnic in our outdoor classroom.π
We are learning to play games cooperatively.Β
We discussed the words we can use to be kind and respectful.
We are learning the letter f. f is a skyline letter. The key word for f is fun!
We can show f in different ways.π
Drawing our rhyming monsters!
WE enjoy making puzzles together!
We can create stories using puppets!
We are creating and balancing at the sensory table!
We were rhyming detectives! We listened to the rhyming clues to create a rhyming monster!
We can build and create stories. This is a boat that caught fire!
We work cooperatively and share the letter stamps.π
We read the story "Alphabet mystery". Letter x went missing! The other letters flew on a pencil to find it! Ask us about the story so we can retell it to you!
We painted paper plates in preparation to create alphabet trees!π
During play we use the large letter grid to practice the letters Echo the Owl has taught us!π¦
We can draw our families!
We love talking about our families and our pets.π±πΆ
We are learning that we can write what we say using letters and words.
We are practicing writing the letters Echo has taught us using the correct verbalization!
We are beginning to hear the beginning sounds in words and matching the object to its beginning letter sound.
We read the story "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom". We had a STEM challenge! Can you make an alphabet tree?
We were given cube a links, popsicle sticks and magnetic letters for the STEM challenge!
We experimented with balance.
We had different ideas!
We could place the letters on top of each other so that they wouldn't fall!
We were able to balance and hang the letters on our trees!
We created a coconut tree to represent the tree in the story.Β
We found the stickers letters to spell the in our names then put them on our tree.π CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM!
Our Coconut letter trees!
We are learning the letters in our names. Our names are special to us!π
We can practice writing numbers on our white boards!
We can help each other!
We can discuss which actions show, playing well with others. We are learning to recognize the sight words - I, like, my.π
We can use a sorting chart to sort pictures by beginning sounds.
We are working on sorting sounds for the letters- t,b,f
We used a luffer sponge to paint Echo's body!
Echo told us a story about her being hungry in the forest. We added details to our picture to create Momma Echo Owl.
Echo teaches us about letters, key words and sounds. The Ambassador of the class gets to look after Echo at Fundations time when Echo takes a rest!
Week 1 - Sept 8th - 12th 2025
What a great first week! We got to meet new friends, play with new toys, play outside, go to gym, music and library and establish respectful expectations and routines.π We met Echo the owl and baby Echo. They help us learn our letters and sounds for reading and writing. They are very soft and cuddly and watch us from their nest when they aren't teaching.π¦ This week in Fundations we learned about the lines we write on and how to sit in writing position. We also learned to print the lower case letter t. The keyword to help us remember t is "top".
Below are some examples of our work and play this week. Enjoy your weekend! Anitaπ
We can use different materials to trace lines.
We say this every day so we are thinking about our day. We discussed what we think it means.
We can decide which book we read by voting. Which book got more votes? Which got less? Lets count the magnets to find out.
We used our hand prints to create a KA circle of friends. π
We created book worms to share about ourselves. We played a game of " Guess the friend".
We painted face portraitsΒ and talked about character traits.
We shared with the class what we hope to learn in kindergarten.
We help each other to create.
We can build based on size.
We are developing our fine motor control by using tongs to grasp balls.
We are really enjoying doing puzzles together. This puzzle is from our Fundations program and matches every letter with its key word.
We can create pictures with letter stamps.
We enjoy building and creating.
We read a story about a flying school bus! We decided it was fiction book. Fiction is when we learn through our imagination!
We talked about our own experiences on a bus then followed the directions to color, cut and glue bus pictures.
We can play games with letters.
We can match the animal by facing the same way as the arrow!
We can match lowercase letters.
We can work together to put an alphabet train in alphabetical order!
We can create our own visual schedule.
We can cut along the construction lines!
We can create pictures using pieces of construction paper.
We discussed and identified which pictures showed being kind!
We can show the letter t in different ways.
We can draw a line from the fire truck to the hydrant.
We can cut out the letters in our name and glue them in the correct order using our name guides as a resource.π
We are great puzzlers!
Hello KA!π
We can sort buttons by color! There were more red ones!
We can match the numeral on the cars to their matching parking spots.
We can paint our names using Q tips!
We can create our own art!
We can sort the students in our class by how many letters are in their names. We pointed as we counted each letter.π
We had fun building and creating in KA's outdoor classroom!
We play together cooperatively!
We are learning about balance!
We played alphabet bingo together!
We enjoyed making letters out of play dough.
We can count a group to match the numeral.
We can show a number in different ways!
We can show a numeral 1, 1 in a ten frame, 1 as a finger and 1 object.
We are learning the words I and like and recognizing them in the morning message!
We can create our names using magnetic letters.
We can use upper and lower case letters.
We can sort our names by the first letter.
We can share our tray!
We can sort letters by the colour of them.
We used Q tips to paint our names. Some of us created patterns. We all love to smile.π
We noticed that the letters stuck to the trays because they are magnetic!
We used our name guides to help spell our names so we can work independently!
We collaborated together to create number blocks!
We used tally marks to vote for the book we wanted to read first.π We read "Duck in a truck" it was a funny rhyming book!
Hello everyone and welcome to a brand new school year in KA! We will have lots of fun playing and learning togetherπ
My name is Mrs. LeClair and I will be your teacher this year.π I can't wait to see you all and get to know you!
π This is me with my grandson, Beckett and one of my golden retrievers, Finn. Having summer time fun! ππ§
Play is a major component of the kindergarten implementation pedagogy and how many of the curriculum outcomes are taught.π
Mrs. LeClair's 3 Golden Retrievers.
Finn, Gibson and Gus.πππ
Fostering resiliency.π
Fostering independence.π
Bring the sunshine in! ππ»ππ»
Check out our KA classroom!π
Dramatic play center!
Imaginative play and story telling!
Sensory table exploration!
Literacy/art/writing center!
Our math center!
KA's block and building center!
Our cozy reading corner!
The Fundations center!
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