The Whales First Week of Kindergarten

The Whales First Week of Kindergarten

The Whales had a busy and fantastically fun first week of Kindergarten. The Whales have shown this week that they are an incredibly kind, and hard working group of kindergartners. This week the Whales have begun their first unit of study on sunflowers. They explored giant sunflower heads with our pro-scope, investigated what happened to the sunflowers in the Piazza that fell over (the squirrels got to them), and started to measure different sunflower parts. We even researched a time lapse and watched the life cycle of a sunflower. Next week we will continue our exploration of sunflowers by going on our first field study.

This week the Whales began to learn about the brain and specifically parts of the limbic system. The Whales learned about the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and the amygdala. We have explored how being mindful can help our brain grow, and can help us learn, think, and make good decisions. The Whales practiced being mindful by going on a listening walk. On Friday the Whales talked about how important it is to fill others buckets. Talk to your Whale about how to add drops to other peoples buckets.

We started work on our self-portraits. The Whales are almost finished and they are looking amazing! Check them out next week when they on the cubbies. Friday ended with a fun trip to the quad. The Whales learned how to play freeze tag, and even got to climb the big tree. Every Whale is making new friends and stretching themselves in and outside the classroom.