February is always such an exciting month with lots of milestones and holidays to celebrate! After our 100th Day, we created pan flutes using straws, celebrated Valentine's Day, and chose a country to learn about for the Intercultural Fair coming up in March. It's been busy, busy, busy over here in kindergarten! Our pan flutes turned out better than I ever could have imagined - these students are so smart! We used everyday kitchen straws, cut them to different lengths, ordered them by length, and taped them together. Then, the students got to blow on their pan flutes to discover what kind of sound they would make. They were surprised to find they made a 'windier' sound that a normal pan flute (which we looked at before), but were still impressed by the sound they made. Furthermore, we tied in our current math concept of measurement when we ordered the straws by length. Students had agency in their pan flute building as they got to decide what length to cut their straws, and we all worked together to make sure the tape was nice and strong. Valentine's Day was a blast - we spent the morning creating bookmarks with our Big Buddies, who then led us in some gym games once everyone was done. In the afternoon, we had our party and Valentine exchange, complete with homemade bags decorated with plenty of hearts! We capped off our day with a heart craft now hanging in the hall - the students did all the cutting, pasting, and writing themselves. We wrote about things and people we love, and I was so impressed by their sweet responses! Our current unit of inquiry is about sound - how it's created, how it moves, and how it is all around us. Ms. Lori was kind enough to share some of her incredible musical instruments with us - the glockenspiel, the recorder, and the class favorite: the trombone! We met up with Mrs. Sidders class and practiced being principled listeners during her demonstration, then asked lots of great questions when she was done. I'm sure many students were inspired to create musical instruments of their own! Speaking of things to come, we began looking forward to our Intercultural Fair happening in March. Our class explored the globe, and had lots of great questions and observations! Students were amazed by how large the oceans are, as well as how far I had traveled. They loved finding Ohio on the globe, and were even curious about the construction of the globe itself. After much exploration, we decided that we would research the country of South Africa: the same country where I did my student teaching! Stay tuned for all the wonderful things we're going to learn! With all the excitement happening, we've still been having fun in the day-to-day. With student-led demonstrations on how to find Balance, visits to the library, and new skills learned on the playground, the discoveries never seem to stop!
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