I can't believe we are getting so close to the end of 2022! Only 4 more days remain until our Winter break. This week students worked hard on demonstrating some growing independence in both academic and free choice tasks.
This week students continued building on math concepts from last week. Students completed activities that focused on sorting different shapes. Activities that require students to cut around and paste various objects also helps to further develop their fine motor skills. Our students also completed their December colouring journal page.
Students explore many types of play throughout the day like supported play, social play and independent play. Each type of play helps to build different skills. Supported play helps to build skills like communication or developing a new skill set while social play helps build skills like turn-taking, patience and sharing. Our focus for this week was on independent play. Independent play does not mean unsupervised play. In independent play the student is engaging in activity without the interference from an adult. Independent play helps to foster imagination and creativity, promote problem-solving, learn more about your own interests, and maintain self-regulation.
Next week we look forward to having some fun for the last week before our break. We will be learning more about the Winter Solstice, with the story Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter, and festive activities that celebrate the season. We respect everyone's religious and cultural beliefs and family traditions, if you have any questions about activities that your child might participate in, like reading the story Pete the Cat Saves Christmas, writing a letter to Santa, or you would like to share some traditions that are important to your family around this time, please feel free to reach out to me rlmyroniuk@cbe.ab.ca. Please take note of the Holiday Fun Days that the whole school will be participating in.
Holiday Fun Days:
December 19 – Festive Hat day
December 20- Ugly sweater day
December 21- Winter Solstice Day
December 22- PJ day
Upcoming Dates
- Dec 15 - Healthy Hunger Lunch (Mucho Burrito)
- Dec 15 - Gingerbread House Decorating Night
- Dec 22 - Last day of classes (8:00 am to 2:30 pm)
