The best way to send our LAFI students off this afternoon was with a musical instrument parade around the entire school! 🔔🎼🪕🪇🎺🎸🥁 #happysummer #kindercrew Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI

Our final forest school day was bittersweet! #exploringnature #lastday #goodbyeforest Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI

The 11 members of our Kinder Squad are ready to take on another year! Mrs. Donnelly Lauren Martin Ms. Stewart Louise Arbour FI #superheroes

Kelso is ready to help our kiddos with problem solving and making great choices! Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI Kelso's Choice

Our kiddos were very excited to celebrate being back at school by creating and building during outdoor education! We saw grass cakes, pinecone apple pies, leaf ciders and mud cookies. #learningthroughplay #letsgetmuddy Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI TVDSBKindergarten

We made jitter juice to take away all of our first week feelings! Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI TVDSBKindergarten

Today we read Our Class is a Family and made friendship bracelets. We all made sure we had one red bead because we are the red room ❤️ Laur Shack Louise Arbour FI TVDSBKindergarten

Our kiddos were collecting a variety of items during outdoor education. I painted 10 frames on the ground using water. We talked about 10 frames and how they work, which items had more and which had less and counted one to one. Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI TVDSBmath

Our class has had an interest in Transportation. Luckily, we were able to watch the Skid Steer and Mini Excavator work in our school yard! 🚧 Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI TVDSBKindergarten

Thank you to Murphy Bus Line for letting our class sit on the bus and ask questions. It was such an amazing learning experience for our kiddos. “What are the rules of the bus? What is the arm at the front? Why is there a red bar on the windows? 🚌Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI

During this activity I observed turn taking, sharing ideas and working together. When the water ran out the friends were trying to figure out how to get more water. One of the friends said, “Hey guys… look I found more water in this puddle”. Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI

Huge shoutout to London Fire Department no. 7 for visiting our class this morning! This was such an incredible experience for our students. Louise Arbour FI Mrs. Donnelly TVDSBKindergarten #inquiry #followingthestudentslead

Our kinders have taken an interest in the mud kitchen during outdoor education. We provided them with recipe cards and paper to make their own recipes. The math, literacy and problem solving during this play is absolutely incredible to observe! Louise Arbour FI TVDSBKindergarten

Friends worked together to build a ramp for the golf balls to roll down. They problem solved and shared a variety of ideas to complete the task successfully. “The ramp is too high, the ball goes down very fast”. “We need to make a line and take turns”. #outdoored Louise Arbour FI

Our students were given a variety of materials to build their own boats. #stem #transportationinquiry #followingthestudentslead #creativity🚤 🛶 🛥️ Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI

Pumpkin Emotions! 🎃 We have been talking about our feelings and Zones of Regulation. Our students were practicing how to draw each emotion on the pumpkins. Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI TVDSBKindergarten

Fridays are for baking! Together we read through the recipe, gathered all the ingredients and found the cooking equipment needed to complete our cookies 🎃 #literacy #math #lifeskills Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI TVDSBKindergarten

We read “The Color Monster”, and coloured how we felt throughout the day. Some friends realized they had more than 1 feeling occur. “I was in the red zone before school, the blue zone at recess and now green zone because I’m happy”. Mrs. Donnelly Zones of Regulation Louise Arbour FI

Today was our first day meeting baby M. We are participating in the Roots of Empathy program. Our students loved every minute of the session today, especially helping to complete tummy time with baby M. Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI TVDSBKindergarten

After the rain ☔️ comes to mud 🥾 “I’m making hot chocolate” “Chocolate soup” “Chocolate pancakes” “Muddy muffins” “I’m using the whisk for mud” Mrs. Donnelly Louise Arbour FI #learningthroughplay #outdoorEd #itstimetogetmessy