Focus on Learning

Library 

Kindergarten enjoy their weekly library lessons, where they take time to find a book to read quietly by themselves before borrowing two books for the week. Although their favourite part of library is when Mrs Darnell chooses a book to read. 

Mathematics 

For the last two weeks Kindergarten has been working very hard with adding numbers together. Children are able to add two collections of objects together, write the number equation and find the total amount. This week in Maths we will be learning about 3D objects. 

Helping your child learn about three-dimensional objects

• Look for objects inside or outside the house that are three-dimensional and describe them. Look for different sized objects in different positions.
• Play ‘I spy' games and describe things by size and shape, eg "I spy with my little eye something that is big and shaped like a square".
• Use boxes and containers of different sizes to play ‘stacking' games.
• Ask your child to help you put away the groceries and talk about which things will stack easily.
• Make biscuits using cookie cutters or make pretend biscuits from modelling dough. Talk about the shape of each biscuit.
• Make sand models from wet sand using cups, buckets or jelly moulds. Talk about sizes and shapes and try to stack some objects.
• Blow bubbles using wire loops or straws and a detergent solution. Talk about the shape and size of the bubbles and the effects when the wire shape is changed.
• Collect wood off-cuts and let your child glue the pieces to make a model.
• Collect shells at the beach and ask your child to sort them and tell you how he or she grouped them.
• Build a ‘house' from playing cards or dominoes.
• Talk about the shapes made when you cut straight through vegetables or fruit.

Coolamon Challenge

Congratulations to our winner from last week: Ryder Hird