What? more trees?

Drawing and writing about trees!

Our tree collage

 Ash class hard at work creating our beautiful tree collage from our tree rubbings/watercolour washes! Using the rubbings created so much texture and colour to our tree.

Inquiring about trees - more!

Ash class came up with questions about trees and leaves  and created their own surveys. They asked their friends their questions to filled out their survey to find out more information about what they liked.

 Some children explored painting their own tree at the easel. We had some Claude Monet art up at the centre for inspiration.

 After collecting leaves, the children made leaf rubbings of their own using block beeswax crayons.

 

We decided to make one big tree together using our tree rubbing/watercolour washes. We ripped them up into small pieces for our collage.

Inquiring about trees

Ash class have been inquiring about trees this Fall. We have been exploring trees in the yard and on walks, looking at their colours, textures, size, branches, trunks and leaves. We have also been learning lots about trees through books in the classroom and some children also went home to research questions they had.

  Doing tree rubbings outside......

 and then painting a watercolour wash over the rubbings

Some Poems and Songs in Ash class

The Moon
The moon is round
As round as can be
2 eyes, a nose
And a mouth like me

Peas Porridge Hot
Peas porridge hot
Peas porridge cold
Peas porridge in the pot
Nine days old

Some like it hot
Some like it cold
Some like it in the pot
Nine days old

Acka Backa
Acka Backa Soda Cracker
Acka Backa Boo
Acka Backa Soda Cracker
I love you

Rain on the Green Grass
Rain on the green grass
Rain on the trees
Rain on the roof tops
But not on me

Hooray for Me!
Whatever I am,
Whatever I'll be
Hooray for you, Hooray for me!

Whatever you do
Whatever you'll be
Hooray for you, Hooray for me!
Hooray for us!
Whatever we'll be
Hooray for you, Hooray for me!

The Tea Party
Milly went to Billy's place
Milly went to tea
They had some cakes
And fizzy drinks
Underneath the tree.

Hippity Hippity Hop
Hippity hippity hop heigh ho!
A dancing off to school we go
Down the road for half a mile,
It's not too far if you dance and smile.
Hippity Hippity hop.

3 daily morning chants

In this circle here we stand
Quiet mouths and quiet hands
Feet together, straight as can be
As we count, 1 2 3

Below is the Earth
Above is the sky
Here are my friends
And so am I

I touch the sky
I touch my feet
I clap my hands on every beat
without a sound
I turn around
And this new day
I happily greet!

Welcome to Ash Class at DaVinci

We want to take this time to welcome all new families to Kindergarten Ash class at Davinci and welcome back everyone who is returning. We hope you had a wonderful summer, with time to relax and rejuvinate, ready for an inspiring new year!

We look forward to meeting all of your children and can't wait for all the new adventures to come!

“To children, time is measured in units of joy.”  

S. G. Clemens