Our Classroom

Classroom Hours:

9:00 a.m. -11:30 a.m.

• children have opportunities to handle books (learn to turn pages in the correct direction, memorize familiar stories, recognize simple words, gain a sense of rhyme and rhythm)
  
• children are read to by the teacher and other adults (gain love of books/stories, learn listening skills, form and express opinions concerning characters and storylines)
• students write stories or have them recorded
• students print letters of the alphabet and learn to print their own names
• students communicate their feelings, opinions and needs
• students respond to media materials (videos, audio tapes, etc.)

• Math activities are based on five strands:
• Number sense and numeration - counting, grouping, adding, subtracting, daily calendar routine
• Measurement - using standard (metric) and non-standard (hands, feet, string, etc.) units
• Spatial sense and geometry - identify shapes and solids and some of their properties
• Patterning - following established patterns and creating own patterns (example: red, red, blue, red, red, blue)
• Data management and probability - collect, display and interpret data (surveys, tallies), predicting and estimating

• students explore and experiment with sand, water, and construction toys
• students use simple and more complex technolgy (funnel, sand timer, computer, tape recorder)
• students develop an appreciation for and an understanding of the natural world (planting seeds, observing seasonal changes, caring for animals, etc.)

• self-awareness and self-reliance
• health and physical activity
• social relationships
• awareness of surroundings

• creative activity at the Arts and Crafts Table, Puppet Theatre, Dress-up and Dramatic play centres
• responses to art work, dance and music
• knowledge of elements and forms (gain new knowledge of artistic techniques and understanding of new vocabulary; audience, props, entrance, exit, etc.)