Cardinals Class 2021-22 : Weekend News, Self-Portraits and more..

Monday

Weekend News

Blaise - I play with my toys.

Isabelle - I make a new friend. Me and my dad buy toys and Charlie my dog was eating them so I put them on counter. Yesterday, we watch the Eagles game on tv. I say E A G L E S.

Oz - I went to my birthday and I open a present. I got a spider man robot.

Phoenix - I play with my mom. I went to Devon birthday party and Oz was there too.

Emma - I went to a wedding vacation in the hotel. I went on the party bus. I dance at the wedding. I was flower girl. I play on my phone.

James - I went to my granny's house. I went to a halloween store. I buy a dragon costume.

Alycia - I went to bed. I went to church yesterday and my baby went too and me and my baby had the same dress.

Rowan - I eat pizza and read with my mommy and I play.

Reyn - I play outside with daddy. I went to Virginia with daddy and mommy.

Hayden - I was riding in daddy's truck. Daddy brush my hair and daddy cut my hair. I eat breakfast and I was having a good time. I was watching tv, that's it.

Ekin - I go walk mommy and daddy. I play my toys.

Ben - So I went with my brother and my mom and my dad on a trip on a airplane. I went Florida. At Florida, I went to a new house and the next day I went on a go cart.

Stephen - I play mommy

Melanie - I went to the mountains and I was camping there. I play with my toys. I ate honeydew and pineapple. I ate mix fruit in the car went I was driving home.

Clarke - I play with my mommy and daddy. Me and daddy and mommy buy some dinner and then we watch Charlie Brown pumpkin patch.

Tristan - My daddy teach me how seeds grow and the flower grow. I went to see the train and I see the Thomas train. I also went to the joke store.

The Cardinals began the day by working on their October self-portraits. What are self-portraits - Each month the Cardinals work in small groups and individually draw their own self-portraits. Friends look in mirrors to take a closer look at the details that make up their features such as hair, lips and eye color and how many ears they have. Friends learned where these details are located on their bodies and how to translate these important details on to paper. As the school year progresses, it is amazing to see how these drawings evolve from simple stick drawings to faces and bodies filled with color and details. Friends also gain insight as to the beauty of themselves and do not need to rely on a mirror.

After exploring with musical instruments, the Cardinals joined Keisha in singing Jambo - our hello song. Next Keisha kept the beat on a drum as the Cardinals mended their shoes while singing our Cobbler song. Keisha then gave out egg shakers and the Cardinals were given instruction to follow Keisha directions. We shake the eggs up high, down low, on our knees while jumping, shake them on our tummy and finished by making a pose as the song came to an end. Keisha introduced us to a new movement activity called Pony. The Cardinals galloped around the music room as Keisha said, "See the ponies coming home all tried out," the Cardinals all lay on the ground. We ended music class by singing our goodbye song!

Tuesday

Today in Spanish class, we individually greeted Alicia in Spanish before beginning class. We then had a moment of silence as Alicia tapped the singing bowl. The Cardinals went over the calendar in Spanish and counted the numbers on the calendar up to 12, all in Spanish. We went over our body parts as the Cardinals sang head-n-shoulders in Spanish; cabeza (head), hombro (shoulders), rodillas (knees), dos pies (two feet), nariz (nose), orejas (ears) and ojos (eyes). Alicia then played two games with us. The first, she placed flashcards on the rug and called a body part in Spanish. Using matamoscas (fly swatters), two friends at a time worked to find that body part by gently tapping the picture to represent the body part. In the second game, the Cardinals walked around the Spanish room, when Alicia called a body part in Spanish, the Cardinals stopped and touched that body part. We sang our goodbye song and this week it was Clarke's turn to squeezed la vaca.

Wednesday

This morning we joined the entire lower school in meeting for worship outside. We gathered in a big circle and began our silence followed by singing and dancing. Rich, our headmaster, Keisha, our lower school music teacher, and Raji, one of our Kindergarten teachers played their guitars and sang with us!

What fun the Cardinals had in gym with Lisa. We began with our warm up followed by Lisa explaining the game, freeze dance. We each danced inside our own hoops and froze when the music stopped. Next we practiced balancing by walking on the lines of the gym floor. As we walked, we each held a bean bag animal that we pretended were our pets! To make this game more challenging, we practiced skipping and hopping on the lines while making sure our pets stayed safe in our hands.

Thursday

As the Cardinals sat around the big art table, Amanda told us that today we will be continuing our work with clay from our last class. Amanda showed us how we were going to make a clay bowl by taking a small piece of clay and patting it with her hands to make it flat. Amanda then got another piece of clay and put it between her hands and then moved her hands back and forth. She did this step a few more times. The Cardinals were giggly and happy as they saw the clay resemble a worm each time. Each Cardinal then got to make their very own clay pot by using the steps Amanda showed us along with help from Amanda, Emily and Kim. The Cardinals did a nice job and the next steps will be for our clay pots to dry. Once dry, the clay will go into the kiln to be fired and then we will paint them! Stay tune!! At the end of class, Amanda showed the Cardinals what a kiln looks like!

Friday

The Cardinals love and enjoy listening to stories, picking out their own book and bringing them back to our classroom. This week was no different as we walked into the library and friends returned books from last week. Friends were already looking and talking about the books they saw on tables and which one they want to take. Michelle read us two books by Mo Willems, I Broke My Trunk and Are You Ready to Play Outside? Then it was time for each Cardinal to chose and check out a book!