Circle Time with Mrs. Farrell

Circle Time with Mrs. Farrell

Every English day we split up into small groups Senior Kindergarten and

Junior Kindergarten students to learn and explore. While Mrs. Sonnenburg

takes half the students outside the other half of the students stay inside

and do a fun learning circle! We focus on learning many things and I try to

incorporate a fun way for the students to learn through games, songs, stories

and activities. We hope to do this in the near future on French days once we

get the students more comfortable with the second language.

This month the Junior Kindergartens have been focusing on recognizing their

first names, colours and capital letters. We have learnt a very loved song

called busy busy bumble bee which many students tell me they sing at home,

we have played a fun game called crocodile, crocodile down by the

lake and we have also played a game on a large shower curtain that

challenges the students to recognize letters at a quick speed! 

This month the Senior Kindergartens have been focusing on recognizing

all the letters in their first name as well as we began to focus on their last

names. They have played the crocodile game which focused on capital

and lowercase letters and we recently began focusing on some simple

sight words. The senior kindergarten students especially love the challenge

on the shower curtain game and focused on capital/lowercase letters as

well as simple sight words.

At the end of each circle we read a story which this month included: 

-Franklin Goes to School

-Pocket Full of Kisses

-The Very Hungry Caterpillar

-Alphabet Mystery

-Llama Llama Misses Mama

 

And as always, at the very end of circle the students get to pull “the popper”

which is a fun way to end as each student gets a chuckle out of the sound it

makes!