Dr. Martin Luther King

In honor of Doctor Martin Luther King's birthday, we learned about the power of nonviolence. We already know that we should never hit and fight, but should use words instead. To really understand and practice this concept, the class was divided into 2 groups, the orange group and the yellow group. Each group took turns preventing the other from playing with certain toys.
The children engaged in dialogue to problem solve.What strategies do you use at home to help solve conflicts?

Literacy Blocks

Literacy activities in kindergarten take place daily, in every area of the classroom. Literacy Blocks are times of direct instruction, provided in small groups according to the children's developmental levels. This group of beginning readers is using a new set of phonetically based, high interest books that we purchased this year. Each child uses a "star" pointer to read and follow the words and sentences. Morah Aviva is close at hand for support, encouragement, and for formative assessment to inform future planning.