Try this video…I think I made it unlisted and not private! Let me know if it works 🙂

Hi everyone!

I hope everyone is still staying home and safe!! It’s been a busy/fun week at our house. We are trying to get some school work in but still having lots of fun!! Rylan is doing school from home. He goes to The Mount Academy and they had a February break so they would have been in school last week and this week too. They have also shut down until the beginning of April.

I am working on a special something for the children for tomorrow. My email is not working great, I tried to send an email two times in the last few days but I don’t think it went through (or it went through a lot 🤣).

I have computer passwords to send to you all. I am going to try and get that down tonight or tomorrow. This will allow your child to access some sites that PSB has posted as well as google classroom. On our google classroom, I have some games on there that the students can play. I subscribe to education.com and it allows me to share the games in google classroom.

So be on the look out for a special post for the students tomorrow!

Kelley

Hello everyone!

I hope you enjoyed a restful March Break and got spend lots of quality family time!

Our family has enjoyed the down time but it will soon wear off as we are used to being on the go!!

All our baby puppies have gone to their forever homes. Our family was extremely happy to see what a gift we have given others with their new puppies! I love that some of the families surprised their children and extended family. We kept one of the puppies and that is giving us lots to keep us busy! We now have 3 children and 3 dogs 😳 I like to live on the edge a bit, what can I say 🤷🏻‍♀️

This is an unusual time in our world where we are all asked to take a step back and self isolate. This is a very hard time for everyone involved and as unfortunate as it is, if we all do our part and stay home it will end quickly!

Until today it hasn’t sunk in that we won’t be back to school for a while and didn’t realize how much I would miss seeing all your children’s faces after the break!!

The Public Schools Branch has placed some items on their site for you to do with your child each day to keep them engaged in learning. Please make sure to keep it fun and light. I am going to post some links for you have for reference. Do some art, go for a drive, go for a walk, do a scavenger hunt in the house or neighborhood. Read some books together and practice printing and counting, do some tapping of words and play some Trick Word games!!

I will try to send a video a couple times a week on the blog so keep an eye out for posts!! Please feel free to send me pictures of things you are doing at home via email (kmaiken@edu.pe.ca)

I miss all of the children and all the ways they make me laugh each day!! Hope to see them soon 😊

Just let your child play, create and be imaginative!!

Links:

Public School Branch:

https://edu.princeedwardisland.ca/psb/

Tumble Books through the library

https://mobile.tumblemobile.com/Index.aspx?categoryID=77

Art Hub for Kids:

https://www.artforkidshub.com/

Kelley

Well we set a trap and hope to catch a leprechaun this week before St.Patricks Day and March Break!

The children worked really hard today to build this trap. There was lots of problem solving, team work and effort put in to this.

Only leprechauns

Not a leprechaun trap

Leprechaun girl friends 🤣

Parents,

We will be reading in class this week but since it is March Break, I will not be sending home books with the children.

Enjoy the week and the adventures it may bring!

Kelley

Good morning! Ugh, time change!! It’s lovely to have daylight in the evenings but the mornings…

In kindergarten this week we are planning a PJ day on Thursday. The children can wear Pajamas to school and take a small stuffed toy.

On Friday it is green day for our spirit days. If you’d like to send in a small donation that would be great!!

Next week is March Break! There is no school all week. I am looking forward to the break to spend time with my children but it’s also the week our puppies head to their new homes. I’m excited and sad at the same time!

Literacy:

We are continuing to work on tapping words. The children will begin to write the sounds that they hear in a word. We are also working on listening to a story and answering questions. This week in Fundations they will receive some Trick Words. We call them Trick Words because they have to be memorized and can’t be tapped out. Our first words are words we already have: the, a (pronounced with the u sound).

Social Studies:

We are going to begin talking about Wants and Needs. This is always interesting to see what the children know about this topic, haha! At this age it’s hard to understand the difference.

Numeracy:

We continue to work on counting and breaking numbers apart.

Have a good week!

Kelley

We will be visiting the book fair on Wednesday March 4 at 11: am. If you would like your child to purchase a book, send in some money. This is not necessary but all sales go toward purchasing new materials for our school library.

I will send Fundations homework home tomorrow.

Kelley

The email is back up and running so feel free to contact me through my school account. As usual if you need me through the day it’s best to call the office as I don’t always get a chance to check my email throughout the day

Kelley

Good morning parents!

Our school system has been down all weekend, which means our school email is not working. If you need to reach me for schedule and bus changes, please call the school directly. If you need to contact me for any other reason, you can message me at my personal email. Like my school email, this is not the best way to make contact for urgent messages like bus changes.

Kelleymaiken@gmail.com

We have parent teacher interviews this week! I look forward to meeting with you. If you have not signed up, please message me and send up a time or call after school.

Literacy:

We will be returning to Fundations this week. We are beginning unit 3. This unit will continue tapping and will build on those skills. As usual, this skill was not a high scoring area on the last assessment. Please continue work with your child at home on tapping.

We are also working on writing a book as a class. The children will have opportunity to write their own books as well.

Numeracy:

We are continuing to work on many skills in math. We are counting, building sets and breaking them apart up to 10.

Have a good week!

Kelley