This game is called Alligator Snap:

Snap part 2:

snap part 1:

This is Go Fish:

this is Memory

Magic Treehouse Reading

Hey parents, one more thing…so sorry!

Could you please start collecting milk caps, juice caps, bread ties and recyclables like these:

They can be used for many things such as counting, patterns, part-part-whole, problem solving and building sets!

Thanks!

Here’s today’s Drawing Club Video, Green Zone Gary, a super-positive and relaxed monster who’s staying focused on the positive.

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gho3GVy7as4BZQRiUdyZaJ5__3nGSKDe/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gho3GVy7as4BZQRiUdyZaJ5__3nGSKDe/view?usp=sharing)

Hello parents!

It’s been great hearing from most of you! If you haven’t sent an email to me, please do so as I want to make sure everyone is receiving the messages on our blog. This and email will be the only ways that I will be communicating with you until we get back to school.

Beginning next week teachers will be providing some learning for your children. I will post each morning before 9am the days work. It will be no more than 30 minutes for the day. There maybe a small amount of technology time, but most will be activities to do together, some independent work for your child and something fun. Next week will also be a transition week for us so it will be experimenting with the best methods for the best outcome for your child.

I do want to stress that we are all struggling in our own ways with this situation so please be kind to yourself and if you cannot do what is provided to you, do what you can to stay healthy and well. I know as a parent working from home with 3 children who need to be home schooled, things don’t always go smoothly. This work for the children is important but everyone’s mental health is just as important. If you need to pass on the work or adapt it to suit your family, then do that. Your child will be fine in the long run 😊

For school wide information, please be looking at the Glen Stewart Primary homepage. There you will find information about what is happening, a message to the students from the teachers and a daily drawing club from Mr.Sheehan. https://glenstewartprimary.wordpress.com

Also, this is a difficult time for families financially as lots of people have been laid off from work or have been reduced to 1 income. If you are experiencing food insecurities and need some support, please call SUPPORTS FOR FAMILIES line at 902-368-5155 or email supportforfamilies@edu.pe.ca

They will deliver healthy, home cooked meals to your house two days a week. You can find them on Facebook as week.

My final comment for today, I posted some videos on Trick Word games on a separate blog page. The videos show how to play the games. It was great to watch because it reminded me of school, the busy chaos in the background and hearing the kids voices ❤️. I tried putting them up a few months ago but they never published. This years blog is not cooperating for me. I set it up different and my phone isn’t compatible with the design.

I am also going to start reading Magic Treehouse each day as it was a favourite part of the children’s routine. I posted one chapter yesterday in a separate blog page for the children to see. I’ll add another reading today.

If you need anything or have any questions please let me know.

Take care of yourselves and your family,

Kelley

Good morning everyone! If you are seeing the these posts could you please send me an email at kmaiken@edu.pe.ca. In that email please let me know what kind of access your child has for technology. Do they have access to a computer? Printer? Only an iPad or phone? Do they share with a parent or siblings? Do you have internet? This will help me to decide what and how to plan for the upcoming weeks.

I have a few links to share with you. Also please let me know if you cannot access google classrooms. I see that a few people are having issues with the passwords that have been given. I have an email in to ask about them. It seems to be a system wide issue.

I am going to try and send it to a request to the parent email and see if that works 🤷🏻‍♀️ This type of learning is all new for me too. Thank you for your patience!

Below is a link for a parents guide to google classroom:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uFBoYMjS9vrWSDwq6djRKKIwIReN5vnG/view?fbclid=IwAR2pl_YGV_M_8e1sT27KvEwMiCLtS0Ezec1qU7o45UEe-aLQyk7L0ZVf7Jk

One of the teachers at school is an amazing artist and is drawing a step by step picture a day for the students to follow. Here is the link for yesterday and today:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P1T_oc4AEyBRA8kF-a2_RGFBERekFod-/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q5SUMKy8dvCqaE_BS4EugJl5_qNU-a2F/view

Another great site that I have access to is education.com. It has grade level activities for the kids to do. I will email around the individual code for each child.

https://www.education.com

There is a spot to put the code I give you.

Here is a link to request your child’s username and password if it is not working:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCGAtUT-M-EFVcwqScqcpjV682cfDmJmWWss9b7vxCdnUJ6Q/viewform

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know 😊

Well here we are heading into the second week of home learning!  It’s a new adventure for all of us.  I am not meant to be a home school mom, lol!

The Public Schools Branch is continuing to provided activities for the parents to do with your children for this week. Here is the link and screen shots of the activities provided for the kindergarten age group:

Click to access ell_home_learning_kindergarten.pdf

These are great ideas and things that we would be doing in class.

If you don’t have access to a large amount of books you can always use Tumble books on the Stratford Library site. Epic books is another great site but costs $10/month or just look some up on Youtube, there are a lot of really neat books on there!

Make sure to get some reading, counting and outdoors in each day!

Kelley

 

I saw this Facebook page and it has some great ideas. Some are free and some are paid. I saw a cute colour by sightword (or Trick Word as we call them). They also have some fun looking scavenger hunts!

Check it out!

https://www.facebook.com/PrimaryPlayground/

Hi everyone!

I believe that I got an email or contacted each family to pass out the user name and passwords for your child.  I attached them as a picture so please check the attachment.  Groupwise has not been working especially well in the last while, so if you did not receive an email or the picture isn’t attached (sometimes I forget to attach) please contact me right away and I will send it to you again.

I have some online games set up in Google Classroom and provided an access code for your child to use those games.  I am going to look into adding more material in the coming days.  Also Raz-Kids, a really great reading program, has offered their program for free until the end of the school year. I would strongly urge you all to set up an account and take advantage of the offer.

Stay safe, self-isolate, and practice social distancing so we can get back to normal quickly!!

Talk to you soon,

Kelley

I’ve been sending emails out to everyone but my email just seems to have quit on me. It keeps kicking me out in the middle of writing and now just keeps spinning now.

If you didn’t get the email, it’s on it’s way!! I will take a break for a few minutes and see if it will come back.

I am giving out a code for our google classroom too. It has some online games that your child can play.

Also Raz-kids has opened their site for free until the end of the school year. Set up an account and take advantage of the site!

https://www.learninga-z.com/site/lp2/covid19

Kelley