It has been a week of cloudy weather, but we were in jolly spirits in the classroom! We started off the week with a Show & Tell! We got a friendly visit from Mario and Luigi, presents for our October birthday buddy!
The focus of this week was writing letters to Santa! The students worked hard on presenting their best printing Santa, especially when we said otherwise he won’t be able to read what they want for Christmas! 😉 We also encouraged to think about others and something to bring for someone else. We want them to understand Christmas and the holiday season is not just about presents, but about spending time with family, loved ones, and helping others. They put in great effort and decorated the letters with wonderful colouring! Santa will be so proud and happy, just like us! 🙂
The writing and wishing begins! 
Decorating our letters! 
Done!! 
Ready for Delivery!
RBLM has become a regular part of most mornings, and the kids are getting stronger. They are building their core muscles for stability and are able to hold the Superman pose and the Popcorn pose longer and steadier. This week we added two stations called the Roll & Crawl and the Rabbit Hop. Roll & Crawl builds hand and shoulder strength, body awareness (turning to follow the zig-zags). Rabbit Hop stimulates eye-foot coordination and balance, and controlling our body during the “heavy work” of jumping. We will gradually add more stations, with each focusing on varying skills.
Station 1: Scooter Drills. Scooting along! 
Station 2: Roll & Crawl 
Make sure to turn at the right spot! 
Station3: Rabbit Hop. Hop to it! 
Keep your balance!
We had another birthday celebration today! This morning the students sang Happy Birthday for our December birthday buddy, and then enjoyed cupcakes and fruit juice! Have a great celebration this weekend and wishing you a fantastic 7th year!! 🙂
Here are some fun gym time photos – we have gym with Division 2 (also grade 2), and it is always a great time! We get to interact with other students outside of the classroom (not counting lunch and recess, learn about cooperation games and turn-taking and run off some of the excess energy we sometimes have! 🙂 This was a game called Astro Ball!
And a sweet photo of them all working and drawing quietly during calming time! They all chose to sit at the same table and kindly made space so they could all squish in comfortably together. :):):)
Thank you for signing up for conferences and I will see you next week! There will be a sign on the door with a number for you to call so I know to come down and let you in!
Stay warm and cozy up with a nice hot cup of cocoa!
Take care!
Claire 🙂
Teaching TEIR-rific Kids! 