Category: Kindergarten

Last week, Kindergarten spent time with their buddies reading their incredible stories that they have worked so hard on. Later, they developed their amazing collaboration skills making gingerbread men and snowflakes.

This week in Kindergarten we decorated gingerbread men.

Also, we have been playing the dreidel game. It is a great way to learn about how the holidays are celebrated by some, develop our math, work on our listening skills, and of course have fun!

We have been sharing our stories with our talk partners and planning together. It’s so fun to learn through talking.

Kindergarten had lots of fun last Monday when they went to the Moraga Fire Station. They learnt all about what the firefighters do, how they train, and how they all live together.

Kindergartners read a book called Duck For President. After they discussed the story, they explored the idea of voting for candidates and what an election means.

Later, they compounded their learning by voting for Oreos or Chocolate Chip cookies. Oreos won by a landslide.:-) They took this further in their math by creating tallies and charts with their voting data.

Last Friday the Kindergarteners and Hoot Owls enjoyed a presentation on the Hindu celebration of Diwali. One of our Kindergarten parents, Abhinav Chandra came to school. He and his daughter Naryani dressed in traditional Hindu celebration dress; they showed us a video of how Diwali is celebrated and told us the story of Diwali.

Diwali or Festival of Lights is one of the biggest festivals in India. It is a Hindu festival to celebrate the return of victorious Lord Ram to his capital city Ayodhya after he defeated the demon king Ravan. Hindus celebrate Diwali by lighting their houses with decorative lights, inviting friends and family for a festive meal, exchanging sweets, and above all, bursting fire-crackers.

Later kindergarteners were lucky to try a taste of some traditional Hindu sweets that are eaten during Diwali.