We are very busy in kindergarten. In our religion classes we have been learning about God’s love for each of us and how he made each one of us and our families very special. We have learned about creation, Noah’s ark, many of the saints, and trusting in God. We continue to say our prayers and discuss the Gospel for each Sunday mass.

  During our math time we are learning to recognize and continue various patterns, to recognize and print our numbers, and, of course, how to count. We have played many math games to practice our math skills. We have done many hands-on activities to explore the concepts of measurement, estimation, more/less, graphing, and sequencing.

 In language arts we have read many enjoyable stories and made up some of our own. We have learned 21 phonograms and we review them with many fun songs and games. We have daily shared reading and a weekly poem that we read daily as well. We are working very hard to learn to print each upper and lower case letter. We sharpen our pencils and our writing skills in a daily journal assignment. We get more reading, writing, and math practice during our calendar and morning routine.

So far this year we have learned about the Olympics, fire safety and prevention, apples, pumpkins, spiders, voting and Veterans, and the Pilgrims and Native Americans. One of the highlights of our week is working with our buddies. They have helped us with many fun projects including making Christmas ornaments for hurricane victims and a tee-pee for our classroom.

In the weeks to come, we will begin learning about advent. We will also look at how other cultures celebrate Christmas. We will be discussing our needs versus our wants and the life of Saint Nicholas.