​​A highlight of Kindergarten is our time spent traveling the world on the Polar Express! Every December, we pack our suitcases, make our passports, grab our tickets and adventure around the world, learning about how other countries celebrate Christmas and comparing their traditions to ours! 
  Throughout this adventure, we learn how to say "Merry Christmas" in the language spoken in each country, discover a few special foods, toys, or traditions that they have, and read several books from each of the countries. It is such a magical time, full of exploring new things and opening our eyes to the world around us! This year, we were able to travel to countries like Mexico, Sweden, Australia, and England to name a few!

   Take a look a a few pictures from our adventure around the world! ​

Every Friday morning, the Kinders run into the room a little more excited than usual. Wonder why? Because on Friday mornings, they get freechoice right away! 
  While Miss Keenan works with individual Kinders, the rest of the Kinders are working together, building, playing, drawing, and creating. Some of the things that they Kinders choose to do include puzzles, illustrating, and building towers...one of which they built even taller than Miss Keenan!

One of our Kindergarten standards is learning all about the things that we need (there are only 5!) and how they are different from the things that we need.
  We learned that the only things that we need are food, water, air, clothing, and shelter. Everything else is a want...from iPads to coffee (Miss Keenan tried to convince them that adults need coffee!) After we learned all about our needs and wants, we wrote all about things that we want and need!

Have you caught your Kinder singing this catchy tune? We've learned 5 sight words already and this is one of our favorite ways to practice reading, writing, and spelling!