A Special Visitor and a Special Project

Four days ago we had a special visitor!  Farmer Susan from Lester's Farm came to help us start our very own Kinder Garden!

It is too cold to put our seeds outside so we will keep them inside until it is summer.

When the seeds grow food we can bring the food home to eat! (Jade)

We planted little tiny cabbage seeds. (Angelina)
We planted lettuce seeds.  The color of the seeds were white.  They were a circle shape. (Anya)

We planted turnip seeds. (Maria)
We put the seeds on the top of the soil. We couldn't put them all the way down because then they would feel like an elephant was sitting on them. We put a blanket over them so that they won't be cold and they would grow.

It is not a real blanket. It was little square stuff.  We are not sure what it is called.  We can't remember so we should ask Farmer Susan. (Eva, Jade, Julia, Noah)

We planted pumpkin seeds. (Corinne)
We dug a little hole.  We put a pumpkin seed inside and filled it back up with dirt and then we watered it. (Nathan)
We have to water all the seeds once a day by squirting five squirts  in a row. (Logan)
Then we will see a sprout. (Lily, Logan, Julianna, Elsa W.)
The root from my pumpkin plant is white. (Matthew)

When the plants are strong enough and are ready we will plant them outside of our classroom in our very own garden.  Gerard's mom and dad have some special helpers that are going to get the ground ready for us to start planting!  Thank you to Gerard's mom and dad and the special helpers!

Thank you as well to Lester's Farm and Farmer Susan who were so kind to help us get our Kinder Garden started!  We are so excited!

Stay tuned for updates!

Baby Robin Penelope from Maddox Cove

Look what we found this afternoon...

http://mycampage.com/eyenet360 A Robin's nest from Maddox Cove.  They have a live webcam up and running that has broadcast a nest that they discovered with 3 eggs.   There were 3 baby robins, but only 1 is left.  She looks like she is going to fly away soon!

Our New Living Thing

A special delivery came today. 

We wonder what it is! 

We know it is a living thing.

Hanz thinks it is a hamster.

Nathan B. thinks it is a mouse.

Gavin thinks it is a snake.

Julia thinks it is a butterfly.

Sam thinks it is a hamster or a gerbil. A gerbil is half mouse half hanster.

Dakota thinks it is a hamster.

Emma thinks it is a cow.

Kayleigh thinks it is a moose.

Lauren thinks it is a butterfly.

Isaac thinks it is a chick.

Abigail thinks it is a butterfly.

Tara thinks it is a hamster.

Kiara thinks it is a parrot.

Nathan W thinks it is a tiger.

Noah thinks it is a macaw.

Fatima thinks it is an armadillo.

Andrew thinks it is a fish.

Sydney thinks it is a butterfly.

Kaelam thinks it is a poisonous snake.

Daniel thinks it is a worm.

Bertha thinks it is a butterfly.

Ashton thinks it is a butterfly.

Meghna thinks it is a ladybug.

Kate thinks it is a bird.

Devon thinks it is a butterfly.

Nathan thinks it is a dinosaur..

Alex thinks it is a baby snake.

Bradley thinks it is lots of animals.

Lauren A. thinks it is a hamster.

What do you think it is?

Signs of Spring!

 Today we brainstormed on the Smartboard "How can we tell if spring has arrived?" Then, with our list of possible things to look for, we did a walk around the school to see how many we could find.

We were surprised to see so many of the signs we thought of! We found leaf buds, flowers, bugs and (yes!) even the sun! Spring has definitely arrived at Macdonald Drive Elementary!

 

Healthy Teeth :: Our Experiment :: Day 1

Today we were being scientists. We were wondering about our teeth.  We talked about foods and drinks that are good for our teeth and foods that are bad for our teeth. We wondered about what would happen to our teeth if we didn't brush them.

We decided to make an experiment.  We pretended that an egg was a tooth.  Here is what we did:

Step 1

We poured soda in a cup. We poured apple juice in a cup. We poured water in a cup.

Step 2

We put an egg in each cup.

Step 3

We wait and look at it and investigate with our eyes. We drew pictures and wrote about what we saw.

What do you think will happen?

Composting in Kindergarten

We are very excited to have thousands of living things in kindergarten. That's right....thousands!  We have thousands of red wiggler worms living in our classroom.  Miss Krista came to deliver them to us and teach us about how composting works.  What do you know about our red wigglers?