Can you identify this well known nursery rhyme that the Junior Kindergarten are playing?  Let Mrs. Myrna know if your recognise the tune.

The Junior Kindergarten enjoyed playing the hand bells today.  Wow, what talent!  They carefully followed the colour-coded dots to create the music.  They really had to concentrate and follow the score.  Just think how this reflects and develops early reading skills in a fun and engaging way.

Click here to play ‘Handbell Hero’ a rhythm game where you play hand bells similar to Guitar Hero.  Okay, so it’s Christmas jingles and it’s now May, but it’s still fun and quite a challenge!

‘Sunflowers’ was the theme for the Junior Kindergarten Mother’s Day Tea Party today.  The children and mums performed to each other ‘ You are my Sunshine’  and ‘You are my Sunflower’ songs.  The children also sang, “Welcome to our Tea Time’, ‘I Love Her and She Loves Me’ and ‘M-O-M-M-Y’.   A delightful tea, with homemade cookies, cakes and snacks was served, with each child giving their mum a teacup cookie that they had decorated for them to enjoy.  The event linked in well with their topic on growth in which the children have learned all about plants.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the tea party – what a lovely way to celebrate Mother’s Day!

The Junior Kindergarten finished off their healthy eating  topic today by enjoying a wonderful fine dining experience.  The classroom was transformed into a beautiful restaurant with tables decorated with candles, flowers and each child’s own personal place setting.  Soft music added to the ambience as the boys entered dressed in their best shirts with their homemade ties and the girls  in their prettiest dresses and  their homemade tiaras. On the exquisite four course menu was a cocktail of fruit punch, a green salad starter, a main course of grilled chicken breast with mashed potato and carrots and a delicious banana split dessert.  It truly was a magnificent feast!  The children throughly enjoyed the whole experience and took the opportunity to demonstrate their excellent table manners as they dined in style. Well done Mrs. Myrna, Mrs. Jenny and Mrs. Melissa for all your hard work, love and care and thank you to all the parents who helped, too. See a slideshow of photos.

In Junior Kindergarten our topic is ‘Community Helpers’. We have talked about different people in the community who help us. We were particularly interested in firefighters and were lucky enough to have a fire truck from the Provo Fire Station visit us. We invited the children from Pre-School and Kindergarten to join us for a ride in the fire truck.  Click below to see more photos.

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This term, one of our topics is Jungle Animals. We created a jungle of our own in our classroom.

We enjoyed listening to stories and rhymes about jungle animals. We especially liked ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ by Giles Andreae & David Wojtowycz, and ‘The Animal Boogie’ by Debbie Harter.

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In Junior Kindergarten our topic this week was dinosaurs. We have enjoyed reading and listening to lots of different stories, poems and songs about dinosaurs. We have been involved in many activities involving dinosaurs.

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Every Friday during small group time, the Jr Ks follow recipes together. They have created foods such as berry ices, smoothies, cookies and sandwiches, and crafts such as playdough and salt dough sculptures. Click below see pictures of how the children worked together to create these fabulous recipes.

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The Jr. K’s are enjoying their love of books by sharing their favorite stories with one another during circle time. As a class, we are looking at storybooks individually and retelling the story with puppets and arts and crafts activities. Along with sharing with you the latest language and literacy activities in our classroom, it is also important to share research in early childhood development on this subject.

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This week during circle time, the Junior Kindergarten class talked about ‘The Family’. Their main focus was ‘The Grandparents’. The children were able to share their knowledge about their grandparents and their family in general.

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