Cooking Club- dessert sushi

Trying Nori (seaweed paper!)

Some of the kids LOVED the nori!

Some kids were not so sure about it!

We got fresh fruit for the dessert sushi to pretend it was fresh fish!

We put the fresh fruit on top of a rice krispy treat!

And voila...dessert sushi!

We also used sushi wraps to wrap rice krispt treats in a fruit rollup!

The kids had fun wrapping it!

When the kids came to the cooking club tables, they all knelt down like this.  When I asked them why, they said, "Because they sit on the floor to eat in Japan!"  How clever!

We went back to Asia today for cooking club and made dessert sushi.  It was so fun and the kids even greeted our cooking club volunteers Mrs. Jynette and Mrs. Kate with a "konichiwa!" And they thanked the with a "doumo"--(If my sister Audrey is reading this I am sorry we did not say the super polite form of thank you but it is just so long!!)

Show and Tell

On Fridays, we have show and tell.  This is a way for the kids to be able to become good public speakers.  We stand behind a podium and speak clearly so everyone can hear us.  We also make sure to show our thing to everyone before stepping today.  Today was our first show and tell and the kids did GREAT!  We also practice being good audience members and good listeners.  I was so proud of everyone!

African Safari

Antelopes by the watering hole.

Watch out for the shy hippo!

There is a lion just around the corner!

Trying to get a closer peek at the lion!

A mama and baby giraffe.  We got to see their "purple" tongues!

Yikes...run from the cape buffalo!



Trying to spot the differences between the leopard and the cheetah.

We got to go on an African safari today.  We saw elephants, hippos, rhinos, antelope, a cape buffalo, giraffes, a crocodile, a leopard, a cheetah, a lion, and a crocodile.  It was a great adventure but don't worry, we put on our "bug spray" before leaving so we wouldn't get malaria!

RIGGS

We started our RIGGS phonograms today.  We got to use a special marker and a sock to erase.  We are practicing the /a/ phonogram to learn the sound and how to write it (without picking up our pencil!!)

A rainy day in kindergarten

We had our first rainy day today!  We had fun doing activities indoors!

 

Some first and second graders joined us this morning and took us on a train ride. ("You can't get to Asia on a train though right Ms. Baker," said a very smart kindergartner!)

Coolest rain gear ever!

We used wet letters to spell our names!

We have started the "Daily Five" in kindergarten with more of the "Daily Two"- kids can choose to read to themselves or to a partner.  This group of kids did such a nice job and set a great example for the rest of the class!

After playing with the wet letters, the kids were responsible for cleaning their own area.  They did such a nice job!

Japanese Kite Day

(Hopefully the kite video appears for you guys!  It will not show up on my computer when I view the blog for some reason!)

To learn about Asia, we took a look at a few different countries in Asia.  We learned about Asian elephants in India and Asian Tigers in Thailand.  We also learned about a festival called Boys Day or Kite Day in Japan.  We decided to celebrate this ourselves in kindergarten in North America.  We made our own kites out of paper, bamboo sticks, and streamers, and had a wonderful windy day to fly them on!  It was a lot of fun!