After listening to Mo Willem’s Knuffle Bunny, Kindergarten went on a photo shoot around the schools to take pictures for their very own Knuffle Bunny inspired pictures. Mrs. Sedgwick converted the pictures to black & white and each Kindergartener picked their favorite picture and drew themselves (and sometimes their friends) on top of the photos. Check out Kindergarten’s Knuffle Bunny inspired pictures:
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Knuffle Bunny
June 1, 2013 by Vicky Sedgwick
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Butterflies!
April 11, 2013 by Vicky Sedgwick
What Happened in the Lab This Week:
In our school office, there’s a Butterfly Garden with what were 12 caterpillars found on the grounds of our school. These have now entered the chrysalis state and the whole school is waiting for the butterflies to emerge.
This week in the lab, Kindergarten didn’t have to wait any longer to see some butterflies as they celebrated butterflies and the butterfly life cycle. First, they listened as Eric Carle read his book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and then talked about healthy foods for caterpillars. Then it was time for some moving as students worked together to complete a Butterfly Life Cycle activity while they were pretending to be a seed, a tiny caterpillar, a bigger caterpillar, a chrysalis, and finally a butterfly!
We then went into Tux Paint and talked about how a butterfly is symmetrical and learned to use the Kaleidoscope tool to draw with symmetry in Tux Paint. Check out Kindergarten’s butterflies.
Mrs. Sedgwick’s Observations:
Using the Kaleidoscope tool can be a little tricky especially when drawing the initial butterfly wings. If you don’t start in the right spot, the wings are too far apart and too close together and they’re too skinny. After some trial and error, everyone finally got it to work (mostly) the way the wanted.
What You Can Do At Home:
Nothing beats reading to your child or having your child read to you but it can be fun to hear an author read their own book. Check out Barnes & Noble’s Online Storytime to hear some author’s read their children’s books.
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Easter Time
March 21, 2013 by Vicky Sedgwick
What Happened in the Lab This Week:
It’s almost Easter time and to celebrate in the lab, Kindergarten students watched as Mercer Mayer read his book, It’s Easter Little Critter.
After the video was done, we talked about what happens during Easter egg hunts and then each Kindergartener drew their own hidden Easter Egg using Tux Paint. Check out this gallery of their eggs.
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- Chloe
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- Chris
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- Denzel
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- Ian
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- Jordyn
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- Mackenzi
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- Rudy
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- Sophia
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- Zola
Mrs. Sedgwick’s Observations:
This time of the year, it always amazes me how at ease the students are in using Tux Paint. Some things can still be a little tricky like drawing the egg in the right shape and the right place on the screen but they all had a fun time hiding their eggs in the grass.
What You Can Do At Home:
If your Kindergartener talks about wanting to draw on the computer at home, Tux Paint is an Open Source (this means free) software program that you can install on a PC or Mac or Linux box at home.
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International Dot Day
September 19, 2012 by Vicky Sedgwick
How The Year Began:
The beginning of the year started out with learning the rules for the Computer Lab and playing some mouse games to practice moving the mouse, clicking & clicking and dragging. A fun one that all grades (even Middle Schoolers) like is This Is Sand and here’s a Kindergarten creation from this year.
Making Their Mark:
Kindergarten also participated in International Dot Day this year along with over 600,000 other students and teachers around the world including the 1st-8th graders at St. Martin’s. Students listened to Peter H. Reynolds read his book, The Dot, and then they, like the books heroine, created their very own dot paintings. They didn’t use actual paints though, they drew dots in Tux Paint! This was the first time that Kindergarten had used Tux Paint and they all did amazingly well. It’s hard to draw with a mouse. Have you tried drawing a circle with one lately? Check out their work below and let us know what you think about it.
What You Can Do At Home:
Drawing on the computer is a wonderful way to learn to use the mouse. Let your Kindergartener use any drawing programs already installed on your computer or download and install Tux Paint at home too! It’s a free drawing program for children that runs on most operating systems. You could also try your hand at This Is Sand and create sand art together with your child without any sand ending up on the floor! Be careful about viewing the gallery at this site though.
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