Virtual Learning 2021-22
Here are some activities for your child to engage in when they are home from school, but feel well enough to have some learning fun!
Our Kindergarten curriculum is driven by four frames: Self-Regulation and Well-Being, Belonging and Contributing, Problem Solving and Innovating, and Math and Literacy Behaviours.
Find activities under each frame that help your child to grow in that particular area.
Self-Regulation and Well-Being
The Zones of Regulation are a tool that we use daily to check in on how we are feeling. You may hear your child say "I am in the Blue Zone" when they are sad, or "I am in the Red Zone when they are angry.
Parent Question: What zone are you in? How can you move from one zone to another? What helps? What does not help?
Belly breathing is a technique used to help self-regulate. Whenever we are feeling like we are in the red or yellow zone we like to practice our belly breathing.
Parent Question: Can you feel your tummy going up and down? Can you slow your breathing?
Here is a great activity to work on calming our body. This is a great one to do together.
Parent Question: How did you feel before? How do you feel after?
This a book that we read frequently in Kindergarten. The idea of bucket-filling drives the core values of our class. We strive to fill each other's buckets, rather than dipping out of them. This helps the children to build a strong sense of being a positive force within a larger group.
Parent questions: After listening to the story, ask your child how they can fill a bucket at home. Share with them how you fill buckets as well.
Belonging and Contributing
Diwali is celebrated on November 4. Some of our families celebrate this festival, and we love to learn more about each other in Kindergarten.
Parent Question: What is something special that our family celebrates? What do you look forward to?
Here is a Rangoli colouring page for your child to colour at home.
Activity: Set your child up with a mirror in which they can see themselves, paper and something to draw with. Ask them to draw themselves. Make sure they add details.
Parent Question: What do you see in the mirror? What colour is your hair? Your eyes? Send us their picture, we would love to share it with the group!
Activity: Have your child draw a picture of something that they like to do at school.
This helps your child to see them as someone who contributes to school and the community around them. Kindergarten is not the same without them!
Parent questions: Ask them to describe what is happening in the picture. Ask who is with them? Can they add them to the picture? Send us a picture of their drawing! We would love to share it with the class.
Problem Solving and Innovating
Activity: Ask your child to either draw or build a maze. Take turns solving or creating the mazes.
Parent Question: How can you solve the maze? Can you make a bigger maze?
sudoku-zoo-animals-kindergarten (2).pdfHere is a fun problem-solving activity you can print out for your child.
Activity: Animal Rescue! Use toys from around the house (animals or anything else), and tape or elastic bands. Wrap the toy in either tape or elastics. Now ask your child to "Rescue" the toy.
Parent Question: How will you get the you out? I see that you are.... I like the way that.....
This activity is a great way to observe your child's problem-solving skills. Also this helps to work on their fine motor skills.
Activity: Can your child make a house for one of their toys? Use Lego, Mega Bloks or even recyclable materials (whatever you have at home). Send us a picture of their creation!
Parent Questions: Ask them what they need before they start. Let them help you gather the materials and find an appropriate place to work. While they build ask them about their structure. How many piece are they using? Will the toy like their new house? How did they come up with their idea?
Math and Literacy Behaviours
Activity: Print out the Number Train sheet and ask your child to fill in the missing numbers.
Parent Question: How do you know what number comes next? Can you show me that number using your fingers?
Activity: Ask your child to find their favourite book. Sit and read together.
Parent Question: What letters do you see? What sound does this letter make? When you see the picture, does it tell you what will happen? Why or why not?
One of our favourite stories set to music.
Parent Question: Can you remember all of the creatures? Which one is your favourite?
This is a song that we sing a lot in Kindergarten. The music helps our brain to connect the dots between the letter and the sound. You will find yourself singing this one along with your child!
Parent Question: What sound does the letter _ make? Can you sing it? What letter does your name start with?
Another Kindergarten favourite! A fun way to explore how numbers grow, and how they can learn big numbers even in Kindergarten!
Parent Question: What is the biggest number that you can count to? Let's count together! Ask them to help you count something in the kitchen. For example, how many apples do we have?
French
Here are some of our favourite Read-Alouds and Songs in French. Listen closely, your child will most likely sing along!