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Stirring Up Ideas

Provocation week is all about stimulating our thinking, wonderings, and ponderings. We engaged in different activities that extended our interests and led us to discoveries. We also had very inviting open-ended explorations that responded to our queries and fascinations.

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Showing gratitude and kindness comes in many ways, but for us, it's about penning a letter to our friends and family. Giving out a letter and receiving one excites us and makes our jitters disappear. We've been sending this kind of love mail especially when we can't express our words in a verbal way. This kind of kindness taught us to understand each other in many different ways, whether verbal or non-verbal.

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We started a new school year with delight as we explored our classroom with our friends, teachers, and teacher aides. Watch us as we play, interact, and learn to get along with others while realizing that a school is also like a home.

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Another year with the Midnight Blue class means another reason to fuel ourselves with learning through communication, interaction, arts, explorations, and play. This week, we started with some activities to prepare us for the good things that will come for the new year. We started with some fireworks artwork and 2024 bookmark making. We also had a great conversation about our New Year's resolutions, things we wanted to try this 2024, and even great stories and songs we made over the holiday vacation.

It was a lovely catch-up with everyone!

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Seeing the Weather Transformed Last Friday

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Seeing the Weather Transformed Last Friday

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How do we get a closer look at how the weather transforms from sunny to stormy?

Last Friday, we were awed to see the weather in a glass. Watch us as we get a first-hand experience with a make-shift weather transformation.

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Last Friday, we delved into dramatic play using puppets, animal toys, a doll house, and cooking materials. Pretend play is what we do that makes our imagination work as we explore different roles and perspectives in a fun and imaginative way. In these scenarios, we learned to mimic real-life situations and build a positive classroom environment that would be essential in our development.

In smaller groups, we worked on cutting and pasting to make puppets. We also designed and interpreted our emotions through these puppets.

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Welcome to Playworks! We are thrilled to explore how we learn through the power of play.

This Wonder Wall houses all our students' explorations, discoveries, and fascinations. We hope you enjoy this page as much as we have fun making it!

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After a week of preparation, from story and props down to acting, we are confident about being ready for the filming day. Indeed, it was pretty intimidating to perform in front of the camera while being watched by many children, but at the same time, we were excited to make this film come alive. We enjoyed every step of our production and are eager to showcase our story. So, with immense pleasure, we present "The Five Pizza Children" by the Midnight Blue class.

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MB Presents - The Five Pizza Children .mp4

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Love mail can be used in many different ways, for example, writing our wish list to our Secret Santa.

Learning how to express our thoughts and ideas through emergent writing was lovely. We could sometimes be scribbling, using early inventive spelling, doing letter strings, sounding out letters and putting them into words, or even drawing them.

These things made us feel like we were part of the Christmas preparation and celebration.

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Last Friday, we observed and learned about how powerful winds and typhoons can disrupt our lives. We expressed our emotions and creativity through drawings of falling trees, strong wind, heavy rain, waves crashing into houses, and even broken houses. In this activity, we learned the importance of readiness and how we deal the hard situation during strong winds or heavy typhoons.

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Thought-provoking questions, interesting thoughts, and play experiences that boost our classroom engagement are the things we explore this week.

Our ideas, stories, and investigation were taken out of the box as we delved into open-ended explorations such as job dramatic play, building provocation, and activities that stimulated our ideas about physical change in our bodies.

Exploring these concepts brought us to a different and wider perspective through the power of play.

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Today, we looked back to the memories we had at our Lakbay Museo field trip. We drew all the things we saw and even recreated some structures with the use of our wooden blocks. It was fun reliving the memories we had.

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Problem-Solving While Dissolving: A Dissolving Experiment 

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Problem-Solving While Dissolving: A Dissolving Experiment 

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In this activity, we were amazed by how some substances disappear when they were combined with water. We keenly observed and tracked the results of every mixture we made, which included how the temperature of the water affected the breaking up of the particles, what substance sinks or floats on water, and what helps in dissolving such as stirring, shaking, and melting.

As we did this science experiment, we called ourselves Little Scientists because we were so eager to ask, "What if..." and "Why..." whenever we observed changes in our experiment. The students were determined to answer the questions and were so excited to learn more about the world of science.

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Hello everyone! I am Teacher Doms and I am so excited to be with you. I always believe that every child is unique, special, and amazing. No matter what walk of life a child comes from, I will embrace them and fill their hearts with smiles and laughter.

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Watch the video to see how fun our Christmas Party was. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zLwhx8WnqzMsJGx3ue3ylKSkNBD5t0dT/view?usp=sharing 

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Midnight Blue Class Christmas Party: Feeling Merry and Bright! 

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Midnight Blue Class Christmas Party: Feeling Merry and Bright! 

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Christmas is not just a season; it's a feeling, and yes, we are all feeling merry and bright!

It was a quick pause from our learning plans, and we enjoyed the most important things around us. We had fun munching on our favorite food and sharing the joys and laughter at one table. We were also challenged to win the Christmas games. It was a friendly competition to win the grand prizes. We especially enjoyed the Christmas Bingo game, the trip to Jerusalem, and the Pass the Action game, among others.

Indeed, it was a December to remember. It was something we are ready to bring with us until the next coming years.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zLwhx8WnqzMsJGx3ue3ylKSkNBD5t0dT/view?usp=sharing

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I am your teacher who will let your creative minds experience developmentally appropriate activities and guide you through your learning process through fun and interactive play. I am a teacher who has an innate capability to learn with a high level of motivation to teach young learners.

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Our first week in school was incredibly enjoyable as we started to meet our friends and teachers where we developed our creativity and imagination through the different activities in class. The classroom routines and developmentally appropriate activities are our stepping stones in building the love for learning as we discover new things. Seeing the smiles of our friends and the fulfillment of our creation makes us more interested in learning and builds a positive and effective environment for us to learn.

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What's a school and why do we go here?

Circle Time is the part of our routine that allows us to gather together to start a new day. We are encouraged to create positive group interactions as the teachers allow us to share our thoughts and stories. Our conversations this week were about our morning routines, favorite toys, and the question, "Why are the clouds following us?" Circle Time is also the time when we are introduced to classroom leaders, the calendar, weather reporters, and discuss our daily goals as we come to school.

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Starting Our Week With Our Weekly Wind Speed Test

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Starting Our Week With Our Weekly Wind Speed Test

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It was a success as we completed our 1st day task and did our weekly speed test chart.

We went out to feel how fast or slow the air moves. However, we didn't feel anything. We didn't see the leaves of the trees move either. Even our wind vane didn't move.

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Breezing Along This Exploration of the Weather

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Breezing Along This Exploration of the Weather

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Today, we explored different types of weather and discovered what the sky looks like and how the air feels in different weather. Seeing how the sky's appearance changes depending on the weather was nice. The colors of it fascinated us. From clear blue sky to white clouds to gray, it turned black.

Aside from that, we also made a "weather stew" from different loose parts. We had our imaginations worked as we did this small group activity.

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The Kindergarten Class consists of students from Midnight Blue Class (morning) and Sky Blue Class (afternoon) guided by Teacher Doms, Yvonne, Kay, and MJ.

This week, we were given an assessment activities to know our knowledge about letters, numbers, colors, shapes, and emergent writing skills. We were assessed using play-based methods that are aligned to our needs and interests. Age and developmentally appropriate activities were also used. Aside from that, we also do a 15-minute fine motor strengthening activity.

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We let our little hands work as we do a series of fine motor activities such as clay molding, paper cutting, and sorting with tongs. This helped us to strengthen our hand muscles and learn about independent finger movements.

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STEM Building for today!

Who could have thought we can make and play with something out of the ordinary?

We were challenged to make a structure that was sturdy and tall out of dough and sticks. This building opportunity fosters divergent thinking and enhances our imagination and creativity. This has also taught us the value of "teamwork" as we work together to accomplish this task.

Aside from that, we also boost our natural curiosity as we redesign, rearrange, and rethink ways to make something out of the loose parts.

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Get to know the classroom jobs and our roles in our small "community"

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Get to know the classroom jobs and our roles in our small "community"

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"What does job mean?"

Being a leader and a teammate builds a student's responsibility and increases the sense of purpose and capabilities.

On this day, we were thrilled to know what our roles and responsibilities were in the class. Our classroom can become our "home" - a home where we share our love and care, be a helping hand, and a home for new learnings and experiences. Along with having fun in class, we've shared a lot as we got to know our classroom jobs and the roles we play in our small community through the materials and equipment that we frequently use. Also, we understood that by working with one another, we can make our jobs easier.

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Paint a picture of the sky

It was a messy yet fun activity as we observed what the sky looked like. We also noticed how the weather changes from time to time as it goes from "black to gray to clear blue sky."

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Testing our wind vane. Will it be windy this time?

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Testing our wind vane. Will it be windy this time?

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We tested our wind vane for the first time. It wasn't as windy as we thought when we went outside. Teacher Doms moved in different directions just to see if the wind vane would move fast, but it didn't. We even checked our wind radar application and saw that the air surrounding us was calm.

Aside from that, we also managed to complete our weekly wind speed chart. It was good to see how we can practice our literacy, math, and writing skills as well.

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We had our nature-walking activity. We used our senses to explore the environment. We also noticed our fascination for plants, animals, buildings, and even sunny weather. Aside from that, we learned and understood what the sky looks like during the daytime and how the sun shines on us. It's nice that we have a space to explore nature, especially because it makes us wonder about things like, "Why does the weather change from morning to afternoon?" and "How does the weather affect us in our daily life?"

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This week, we understand the connection of dots to lines and lines to shapes. We grasp that dots are the beginning element of lines - that lines are created through a series of dots. A combination of lines forms shapes and through this, we were introduced to basic shapes and how they are formed.

We also recognized the letter sounds through a game called "Look Through the Bag" where we sang a song while passing the bag of alphabets. Counting with numbers through songs and games was also part of our workroom activity for this week.

In addition, we did a 10-minute fine motor and gross motor activity to strengthen our big and small muscles to prepare us for more challenging finger and hand movement activities in the future.

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Today's activity entails learning about observing the process of weather reporting, which we call "weather forecasting." As we watched a series of videos on weather newscasting, we were fascinated by how the movement of the wind goes along different paths and how different locations are affected by it. We also noticed different things that the satellite showed us while watching a weather report. Some words were also added to our vocabulary bank, like the words typhoon and super typhoon. We had a lot of questions in mind, such as "Why is it windy when there's a typhoon?" "What is a super typhoon and what does it do?" and "What is a 5-day forecast and why is it different from other places?"

These questions played an important role in feeding our curiosity through different activities in the following weeks.

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We recreated the weather pictures we talked about last Monday and we put them in a bottle. We discovered how the sky's appearance changes depending on the weather. We are excited to measure the volume of liquid we have to put in a bottle to mimic the color of the sky. Aside from that, we also made our weather art and realized how the weather can change abruptly.

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We went outside to check the weather using our checklist and concluded that it was "partly cloudy" on a Thursday. Apparently, it was raining hard in the morning right before we went to school and we noticed how the weather changed abruptly.

When we went out for our exploration. It was so hot that we could see the sun shining brightly. After that, we drew the things we saw outside. We put sun, clouds, blue sky, and leaves that weren't swaying. This means it's not windy anymore.

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There are multiple ways to make learning fun and challenging. This week, we learned about counting using a Twister game and a Bunny Hop (hopscotch) game. It was both a cognitive and gross motor activity for us. We also had a mind game where everybody had to think of a word that had the beginning sound of Mm, Aa, Tt, Ss, and Oo. This activity is a mix of sound recognition, alliteration, and solving patterns.

We also had a chance to do a series of self-help activities such as learning the proper way to wear our shoes and washing our hands properly. we also had our Filipino Friday and learned different Filipino words and numbers through a song, story, and conversations.

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A Filipino Street Play Called Tumbang Preso & Pabitin 🇵🇭

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A Filipino Street Play Called Tumbang Preso & Pabitin 🇵🇭

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This day's highlight is our Larong Pinoy experience. We had fun targeting knocking the "lata" (can) down using "tsinelas" (slippers). We had many tries before we achieved our goal, but that's okay because we learned sportsmanship, perseverance, and patience. We were also introduced to a game called "pabitin." It's like taking fruit from a tree, but this time the bamboo sticks must be brought down and pulled up immediately. This means that we were challenged to jump and reach out for the candies tied to it.

It was also a great experience to learn some Filipino songs, languages, and greetings during our circle time.

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Would you like to look back and take a glimpse of how our Buwan ng Wika celebration looked like at the Lakbay Museo?

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Educational Bingo Activity

Hitting two skills in one game!

This week, we assessed how well we could identify the letters through their sounds and numbers independently through the game called "Bingo."

In this game, we were given two bingo cards, 1 for letters and 1 for numbers. Teachers randomly picked letters and numbers inside a bag and our task was to identify the letters on the bingo card by listening to their sounds and once we found them, we had to put a stamp on them. This activity also challenged our listening skills, our understanding of the letter signs and their sounds, and how we follow the rules of playing the game.

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Temperature? - Something to add to our vocabulary bank. 

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Temperature? - Something to add to our vocabulary bank. 

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A very complicated word is added to our vocabulary bank. Temperature is a word related to weather and we wanted to know how this word affects the changes in the weather.

Today, we investigated and discovered the meaning of this word through a hands-on experiment. We often hear it whenever we check our temperature upon entering the classroom and we find out that our ideas about it are somewhat similar to the actual meaning of it.

What is temperature?
"It tells us if we are sick and hot"
"It tells us if we need to sleep and rest" and;
"It's very cold, we need a jacket"

We got this idea as we tried to experience different temperatures in a bottle as we placed our palms on the lid. We even tried to touch the warm water, the ice, and the hot water to feel its intensity.

From there, we figured out that the temperature is based on the weather that we have today. Our Exploration was concluded when they had an AHA moment and said that when it's sunny it feels hot, but when it's rainy, it feels cold.

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We are showcasing the art of questioning & becoming a weather newscaster for today. 

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We are showcasing the art of questioning & becoming a weather newscaster for today. 

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We were up for some weather newscasting and interviewing different teachers inside the school about the weather they experienced on their way to work. We were grouped into 2 teams. Each team had to interview two teachers, and because they came from different places, their answers also varied from one another. In some areas like Manila and Makati, it was partly cloudy, some who lived in Taguig said that it was sunny, while the others who lived farther than that said that it was drizzling. From our activity, we were able to see and compare how the weather varies from different places. Aside from that, we also encounter new words such as "drizzle" and "partly cloudy." Teachers said that these words will be further expounded as we go along with our topic about weather and experimentation.

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In celebration of Buwan ng Wika, Auntie Johana Visited us today and helped us make our "salakot". It was nice learning about our culture through arts and crafts. We also get to know about the Philippine Flag through this activity.

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Celebrating Buwan ng Wika with some food to feed our minds with curiosity and motivation to learn about Filipino culture, tradition, and language. This week, we tried making our "polvoron" and "sago't gulaman." This activity fueled our interest in being a loud and proud Pinoy despite the diversity in culture and language.

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This week, we focused on learning another set of alphabets and their sounds. We met the letters, N,C,D, and H. From these letters, we recalled the other letters we learned last week, which are M,A,T,S, and O, and tried to combine the sounds of each letter to make some words (they can also be silly words like MATSO, SAND, TASO, and etc.).

To understand how these sounds were formed, we had 3 questions:
1. What does our mouth look like?

2. Where is our tongue placed?

3. Where are our teeth placed?

These lead us to discover how we emit the sounds of each letter. Aside from that, we also learned some concepts that involve numeracy, which is time. We had an introduction to the idea of "passing of time" and "what tells time."

For some fine motor and muscle-strengthening activities, we had water transfer and wet towel squeezing activity. We also incorporate gross motor movements like dancing, jumping, skipping, etc.

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"A Big Rain", that's what we learned today

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"A Big Rain", that's what we learned today

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It's incredible how we can predict the weather and be prepared for what will happen. Today we viewed satellites, which showed us the typhoon, rain intensity, wind direction, and even the map of the Philippines. We saw how these things are related to each other and made the kind of weather we had been experiencing for the past few rainy days.

We also had some questions and ideas in mind which are;

"Big rain - a super typhoon"
"Baha - flood"
"Strong wind = to strong rain"
"Yolanda is a super typhoon. It's scary,"
"Strong wind brought down houses in Leyte"

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Is it a small rain turning into a big rain, teacher? That was our question when Teacher Doms and Teacher Kay showed us how a light rain could turn into a moderate and heavy one. We waited for a few seconds to see the light rainfall, but it took us a while to see the heavy raindrops. As we carefully observed the rain droplets, we were all shocked to see how fast heavy rain and strong winds could destroy things in the environment.

We also shared different feelings and sentiments as we watched a video of a super typhoon that hit the Philippines in 2013. We knew it was scary and sad to see their houses destroyed. With this, we understand the intensity of a super typhoon compared to the usual stormy day.

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We were blown away by the weather radar application projected on our wall. We got a view of Taguig's real-time update of the weather (wind, rain, thunderstorms, temperature, and humidity). The concepts were taught to us by the application called windy.com (https://www.windy.com/?14.602,120.990,5).

This activity lets us also compare the weather in different places across different countries.  We looked through Russia and other countries and places. It was nice to see the real-time weather through the 24-hour webcam.

Aside from this, we also tried the barometer to help us forecast the weather.

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Make the most of a Rainy Day through outdoor play

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Make the most of a Rainy Day through outdoor play

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What a good weather to go outdoors!

But we wanted to see actual rain today. With that, we had a makeshift rain using an old container with small and big holes. These let us discover about the intensity and how these types of rain affect different things around us.

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Last Friday: Let's be emergency ready with our emergency go bag! 

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Last Friday: Let's be emergency ready with our emergency go bag! 

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Last Friday, we had a game called "What's in the Box." This game fueled our ideas about the things to prepare in case of an emergency. We got this idea from the news we have heard about the super typhoon Yolanda. We started to recognize how important it is to be ready for emergencies and equipped as we prepare our things in case a natural disaster comes.

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We had a lot of questions about the wind, so for this week, we explored what the children wanted to learn. We discovered that wind is moving air. We can't touch or see it, but we can feel it. We also noticed that the wind has a sound; most of the time, it sounds like "Whoosshh," and when it does, things usually move.

It was fun seeing how it causes things to move. We explored wind using different materials and also enjoyed doing straw painting. We noticed how the paint moved from different directions as we blew on it. Some made a big blow of air in the straw, resulting in the paint going in different directions, while others made a tiny blow.

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It was a fun field day as we explored different things powered by the wind. Some flew kites and paper airplanes. Maia noticed that Kai's kite wasn't flying up. She then made it move by running around to show Kai how it works. Others enjoyed watching the colored tags swaying. They even used a balloon pumper to create bigger movements. Some made the paper boat move. Charlie, Tyler, and Daxton pretended that a super typhoon and strong winds caused their paper boat to capsize and tear. On the other hand, Neesha also observed that the pinwheel was moving faster when she was running with the wind instead of just blowing on it.

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See it and Say it!

This week we understand the relationship between written letters, words, and their associated sounds. We also learned that words are made up of sounds and from these sounds, we form syllables.

Syllables are chunks of sounds in a word. We noticed that different words have different chunks. And to recognize the syllables, we clapped our hands to count how many chunks a word has.

We also met the "-at", "-ot", "-an", and "-in"  family using CVC words and we were able to share simple CVC words that we knew belonged to this family.

In addition, we also learned how to count and say the numbers 1-30 in the Filipino Language.

We were also able to strengthen our big and small muscles by dancing. Lastly, we worked on refining our wrist and finger movements with the use of pipettes.

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Today, we were able to classify three different kinds of wind. We recognized the wind intensity through the videos and pictures of breeze, gale, and storm wind. Our shared ideas brought us to an understanding of how these three kinds of wind relate to the weather that we are experiencing daily. It also showed us the effects of the gale and storm wind and how these will affect the lives of many.

Aside from that, we had a hands-on experience with a breeze, gale, and storm wind through the wind intensity experiment. We saw how the wind's speed affected the cup's movement.

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It looks Christmassy in our classroom with the tree and all the decorations. Still, we'd feel more Christmassy if it snowed, so we made a makeshift Mr. Snowman with our Arrival Time activities that fostered creativity, focus, and fine motor skills. We also experienced joining Santa's Club in the Santa Express as we learned how to wrap gifts and scavenger hunt Teachers Santa's gifts around the class.

But we thought that preparing for 2024 was even better when we did a 2024 key chain, and it reminded us that a new year means a great start to do something good and make great memories.

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3D Simulation - How fast can the wind move? 

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3D Simulation - How fast can the wind move? 

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We watched how the wind speed moved faster. It only started with sunny weather with a breeze wind and ended with a super typhoon with a storm wind.

We also experienced working on an anemometer and seeing how fast the wind can be.

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What is thoughtful and freedom?

We have new vocabulary words unlocked! These are the two words we encountered for the week. We learned these words as we answered the questions "How can I be thoughtful?" and "If I could be free for a day, what would I do?"

These questions made us think and challenged us to share and listen. We shared some silly stories, extraordinary ones, and others were so heartwarming to hear.

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This week, we built our name with loose parts. It was a fun and different way to do a fine motor activity and recognize the letters in our names.

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We are disaster-ready as we practiced what to do when an earthquake happens during our earthquake drill. This week, we learned about preventive measures we should take whenever an emergency like this might happen. It also helped us react immediately and appropriately when an earthquake strikes so we can avoid accidents.

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Math and Reading Fun Day!

This week we learned what the long and short vowels sound like through a game. It wasn't an easy task, but in the end, we could sound it out correctly and even make words that have long and short vowel sounds. This also comes with blending the letters and forming/reading words.

Aside from that, we also focused on counting 1-30, identifying the numbers that came before and after, and comparing numbers (more and less) and objects (big and small). We were also challenged to understand that the count for a set group of objects stays the same no matter whether they are spread out or close together.

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What happens when we soak a substance in water? 

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What happens when we soak a substance in water? 

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We explored different properties of water through our soaking experiment. We tried drenching and dipping various materials in water to see how these substances would react to it. These materials included colored beans, coffee, biscuits, dishwashing liquid, cotton buds, synthetic cloth, natural cloth, tea, and colored crepe paper. As we were experimenting, we observed how the water changed in color. Aside from that, we also noticed how other materials easily absorbed the water while others did not. We also observed the nature of other substances wherein some will "break into pieces" while drastically changing their texture, and others will remain the same, although wet.

This experiment highlighted the features and nature of different substances and how these materials will react to exposure to water.

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How does these things move? Exploring fast or slow wind speed.

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How does these things move? Exploring fast or slow wind speed.

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We tested how fast or how slow things move based on the movement of the air. We set a timer for each item that would roll on the table and based on our test, we found out that the ping pong ball, which is the lightest among all, was the fastest. We also noticed that some were not moving at all because the air didn't flow in the area where the item was placed.

This experiment made us think of the concept of 'direction.' Thus, the wind is dependent on the direction of where the air blows.

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Cup in a string game!

Today, we engaged in a speed test game wherein we used air blow to move the cup to the end of the string. We tried blowing it on the top of the cup, but it didn't move until we realized we needed to blow it horizontally. Teacher Kay set a timer to see who could blow the fastest and strongest and who would create a strategy to reach the end of the string. It challenged us to breathe in and out faster than the others so that the cup would reach the end of the string.

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This week, we learned different things that challenged the things we knew.

First, we learned that pouring water in different containers like bottles and plastic cups made different measurements. We also learned to use the words "more than" and "less than."

Aside from that, we also learned that smaller and bigger containers can have less or more liquid depending on their size, but it also doesn't mean that taller containers contain more liquid than shorter ones. When measuring and estimating, looking at the bigger picture and considering different aspects is necessary.

Next, we had a challenging activity that tested our math skills by learning the words for 1-10 and matching them to their corresponding numerals. We also incorporated writing as we did this activity.

Aside from numeracy, we also read and listened to, " The Very Hungry Caterpillar." This made us think about the 'process' of what happens first before the caterpillar can turn into a beautiful butterfly. With this, we were taught how to sequence the events in the story.

Lastly, we discovered rhyming words. These are the words that have the same or similar ending sound. We started with the song "Down By the Bay," and we heard words like "goose and moose," "grow and go." etc. We had an activity where we named objects and identified whether they rhymed.

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All things in the world change, and every change has a reason why it is done. Like our outdoor activities, we delve into a deeper understanding of water changing from liquid to gas.

It started with the video presentation as we observed the boiling water in a pot and saw bubbles forming like a “cloud” forming and rising in the air. While this is happening, we notice the quantity of water decreases because it goes up, spreads, and fills up the surface above. That’s why we went outside to make puddles to see what would happen if we left them under the heat. “Will it dry?” or “Will it stay wet?”. When a puddle of water disappears after being outside in the sun, it means that the water will rise into the air and disappear, and that's the beginning of the process of "Evaporation."

After that, we had another activity where we learned practical life skills by washing clothes and hanging them under the heat. It is not only about learning where the water goes after we dry up the clothes, but it is also beneficial for us as we develop coordination, gross and fine motor skills, and a sense of independence and responsibility.

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Exploring the science of filtering allows us to see different ideas, such as forming mixtures out of a separate solid substance, cleaning the substance, and creating new solutions (mixtures). We used coffee grounds, Calamansi, fresh coconut, and rice. We filter them in various ways. These include using cloth, a coffee filter, and a sifter. The main highlight of our discussion was to reflect on the physical properties of water and how the nature of a substance reacts to the water.

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All about water!

As we began our new term in school, we went deep into water exploration and meaningful discoveries through water-related activities. We are able to put together wet and dry materials such as sand, cement, pebbles, oil, sprinkles, dyed water, flour, coffee, glitter, and plants. We discovered so much about water, but we thought that the main highlight of our activities was to uncover different properties of water.

What can dissolve in water?

What can absorb water?

What can sink and float?

We also had questions about the different types of water. This includes water for drinking, water for bathing, and even water for swimming, among others.

We are happy and excited because everything that comes to our mind is just the beginning of our discovery and is a place for us to learn.

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We explored tools for cutting, like different kinds of scissors, wooden and plastic knives, clay cutters, shape cutters, etc. We tried cutting different materials ranging from soft to hard, plastic to paper, natural materials like flowers and leaves, clay, gelatin, and some loose parts like cloth, ribbons, and scratch papers.

This activity was crafted for us to find out the sharpness of cutting tools and the properties of different materials.

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It's in the Process: Leaf Painting and Leaf Mosaic

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It's in the Process: Leaf Painting and Leaf Mosaic

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We experimented with the use of leaves in different ways to make art. This week, we did leaf painting and making a mosaic out of leaves. This art activity taught us different ways to make marks and we loved the process of doing it.

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The second term has a lot of learning discoveries in store for the Kinder class. We started with a letter-sound introduction focusing on the letters G, R, B, and I. We had an alliteration game and learned reading with CVC words in a hands-on and play-based way. Aside from that, we also discussed some numeracy concepts like estimation, writing and representing numbers, collecting data, and graphing. We used some loose parts to represent quantities and encouraged the students to estimate how many objects were in a group. We also collected and graphed data according to different conditions our teachers had set beforehand.

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What does Christmas look like at our home? 

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What does Christmas look like at our home? 

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We were so excited to share what Christmas looks like at home. We may have different traditions and stories of Holidays, but we love to hear from each other and learn from different family cultures. We also enjoyed sharing our stories of Christmas and how we prepared for the Holidays as we decorated various ornaments and packed for our trip to different countries, most of which were snowy places.

We also talked about 2024 and had a list of "resolutions." Most of us made "resolutions" as yearly traditions, while some were newly introduced to this word.

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This October, we are taking a break from updating our weekly Wonder Wall so we can prepare and make time for the first term Parent-Teacher Conferences. We will see you again in November!

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We explored how ice and salt can be used as a medium to create art while discovering the properties of water. We noticed how ice easily melts when you mix it with watercolor than when leaving it on the table without doing anything. When we used salt, we noticed how some particles remained undissolved even when we added water and mixed it thoroughly.

This art experiment encouraged us to inquire and investigate even more about the concept of solubility.

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Our focus for this week's literacy lessons was to review the letters G, R, B, and I. We did phoneme isolation, a strategy that helps children develop phoneme awareness and blending (mixing or combining sounds) like ba-, be-, bi-, bo-, and bu-. We also practiced reading 3-letter words.

For Math, we also learned about ordinal numbers. We studied 1st to 10th numbers with the help of hands-on games and activities. We also listened to a story about animals in a race to help deepen our understanding. Aside from that, we also practiced writing and representing the numerals 1-20. This activity helped reinforce fine motor concepts (including writing with form, order, and sequence), finger gripping, and math skills.

For our Filipino Friday activity, we named and recognized different pictures in Filipino to help us understand the names of different things and eventually encourage us to read and speak in this language. We also integrated other writing activities (i.e. journal writing) and self-help skills in most of our activities.

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We explore using a standard measuring tool, the weighing scale, to measure an object's weight appropriately. It was tricky to recognize which of the two objects weighed more. We started to compare one potato head to the two mini dolls. Others thought two were bigger than one, but we forgot that the potato head was bigger than the mini dolls. We also compare the weight of fifteen unifix cubes to three colored blocks. Most of them thought it was unbelievable that fifteen small cubes weighed less than three big blocks.

It's a good thing the weighing scale proves it to us!

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Today, we learned how to dissolve and turn the different substances into a delicious mango shake. We were excited and had fun taking turns as we mixed all the ingredients, such as milk, water, sugar, and mango. We tried dissolving it in different ways. This involves using a spoon for stirring, a whisk, and a blender.

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Exploring How a Chicken Broth Turned Into a Rich, Warm, and Comforting Soup. 

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Exploring How a Chicken Broth Turned Into a Rich, Warm, and Comforting Soup. 

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Making chicken broth soup is relatively simple but involves scientific discoveries. One of them is it's physical process that had been apparent in our activity.

At first, we were curious about the ingredients and the process of cooking a soup. Then, we observed all the wet and dry ingredients mixed in a pot wherein it simmers, boiled, and seasoned. But as we go along the process of dissolving the substances, we try to compare the taste of the soup with and without different ingredients. We've realized that we can alter its flavor contingent on the substance's nature. Thus, a mixture can have a varying taste, depending on the quantity of ingredients used, and water is an essential factor in adjusting the taste. We also discovered how a raw chicken can change and be eaten by boiling it thoroughly. This also led us to understand how different components, when mixed together, can create another substance.

But we thought that this activity taught us an even more incredible idea. This is the notion that one to two substances, when mixed, can turn into a cup of rich, warm, and comforting chicken broth.

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Sugar Caramelization and Tanghulu Making

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Sugar Caramelization and Tanghulu Making

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What is Tanghulu - It is a traditional Chinese snack consisting of several rock sugar-coated fruits of China.

We have witnessed the process of "breaking apart" (dissolving) and "sticking together" (hardening) as we make caramelized sugar and coat it on our apple. We waited a long time to see the result of this activity and how changes occurred in our food experiment. The changes were gradual. However, the differences were apparent. These include texture, taste, and appearance (color and shape).

We got invested in how the substance melted and formed into another substance as it hardened.

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Dress it fancy with Aioli and Balsamic Vinegar

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Dress it fancy with Aioli and Balsamic Vinegar

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Most of us were not ready to try the salad. That's because we are not used to eating veggies; however, with experimental food science, we could make a salad dressing while learning how each substance can be dissolved as liquid solutions were combined with solid ones. We noticed how each substance reacted to different liquid solutions. Some of it was easily dissolved, while others took time to mix and make the substance disappear as it disintegrated.

To encapsulate our experience, it was good to try making an easy homemade Aioli and Balsamic vinegar. Although it wasn't exactly the same taste, most of us were introduced to new flavors, textures, and even the aroma.

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Learning literacy for kindergarten was made fun through activities involving sounds, body movement, and manipulative play. This week's literacy was focused on letter-sound mastery of the letters G, R, B, and I. Although it may look simple to others, learning the sounds must be mastered. According to Jennifer Hasser, if the student has difficulty sounding out effectively and efficiently, chances are the student will have difficulty with reading accuracy and comprehension. Thus, mastery is needed to learn increasingly complex concepts in reading. Along with learning the letter sounds of letters G, R, B, and I, we also recalled and integrated the other letters we had mastered in our previous term. We used this to learn new words and decode written language (e.g., ago, leg, bet, etc.). Aside from that, we also read Alpha Tales. These supplementary books engaged us in reading some complex words with those sounds.

On the other hand, our concentration in numeracy concept was identifying numbers before, after, and in between and sequencing numbers. This hugely benefitted us as we improved our counting and problem-solving skills. Aside from that, this also helped us in later recognition of patterns and order.

We also had our Filipino Friday and encountered new and interesting Filipino action words or "pandiwa". We used the Marungko approach, a modern Filipino alphabet introduced for better reading.

Along with all our activities, we also injected some writing activities and fine motor exercises. We did tracing activities to help us lay the foundation for emergent writing skills.

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We started our discussion by answering most of our driving interests. The question of "what happened?" has been on our mind since last week. "What happened to the water?" "Why is it hardening?" "What does a freezer do?"

These questions brought us to experiment and discover our queries by making frozen fruit popsicles. We realized the process could be easy, but the waiting time to freeze or turn the liquid into a solid would take longer. We even had to wait for days, which may vary depending on the type and size of the freezer we were using. In our case, we tried the frozen fruit pops on Thursday.

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This activity stems from their questions, "Why does the pot of the lid have water?" and "Why is there smoke and bubbles when we are boiling?"

With these, we had our boiling exploration. We learned different ways to boil the egg. This activity made us think of two concepts: (1) water temperature (how hot should the water be?) and (2) boiling time (how long should we wait to get the egg out of the boiling water?). We noticed that the eggs placed in the boiling water simultaneously didn't turn the same as the others. Some eggs were cracked, some were soft-boiled, and others were hard-boiled.

As we were boiling the eggs, we also had some ideas that led us to a more interesting topic to discover. These include our thoughts about the water disappearing and lessening from the pot and the smoke (steam) coming out of the boiling water.

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Exploring the coldness of ice can be a fascinating and sensory experience. We were amazed at how the water turned into ice and saw how it melted and disappeared as we smashed it into tiny pieces and soaked it in a tub full of water until it was gone. Also, we tried to rescue the animals in a muffin pan by leaving it under the sun until it melted. Some of us crashed it with a hammer and dunked it in the water.

As we did these activities, we became aware of how solid ice turned into a liquid and investigated the changes in the water.

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We learned and did different activities that challenged us physically and mentally.

For our practice writing, we had different stations that facilitated practice writing activities with numbers and letters, coloring by number activities, and kneading and forming playdough to form our names. These helped us with our fine motor skills, following directions, problem-solving skills, and encouraging creativity.

For our reading and literacy, we had phoneme substitution for the letters G, R, B, I, M, A, and T, where we reviewed the sounds and made silly words by substituting either beginning, middle, or end sounds for example, the word "Sam" becomes "Bam" as we replaced S sound with B sound. We also explored the idea of imagining possibilities as we learned how to make predictions (before and after the sequence). This challenged our understanding by arranging the pictures and guessing the cause or result of the action in different scenarios. We fostered communication as we made connections to our early experiences and were encouraged to comment on each other's ideas.

Lastly, for our Filipino Friday, we learned the letters L, Y, G, NG, P, R, D, and H through reading in Filipino, saying good words, and identifying names and actions.

For our math, we had a review of numbers from 11 to 30 using playdough and hopscotch activities. We also learned and made math patterns using loose parts, blocks, shapes, and pictures. Math patterns help us make predictions because we begin to understand what comes next. This also taught us to make logical connections and use reasoning skills.

For our self-help, we did activities like tying laces, buttoning, zippering, tracing, and copying other lines and strokes.

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Exploring the Water Cycle and States of Matter Through our Lenses. 

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Exploring the Water Cycle and States of Matter Through our Lenses. 

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We have been talking about the process of water being dried out, especially when you leave it under the heat. In our case, it's the puddles, the boiling water, and the clothes we hang on the rack. However, we were thinking, "What happened to the water?" and "Where did it go?"

With these, we explored the idea of a water cycle and states of matter. We discussed the process of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation through our understanding and vocabulary. Evaporation can mean the "disappearance of water" for us, while condensation can be "water from the air," and precipitation is something we "perceive as rain falling on the sky." We did this through an experiment with ice and hot water called "cloud in a jar."

We also wrapped up our conversation about this by creating an idea map of all our thoughts.

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We started the workroom week with an understanding of base 10, which forms the basis of our counting system. Although it could be a little complex, we used this math concept to give us a great representation of numbers, which allowed us to easily compare sets of objects and numbers between 20 - 40 quantities. We also had an overview of how skip counting by 10s works. Base 10 will also eventually help us nurture the core skills to add and subtract and even explore the structure of the place value system.

Aside from that, we also worked on discovering 2d and 3d shapes around us. We were able to compare the differences between these two classifications of shapes; for example, not all triangular shapes are triangles. There were some, which we call a pyramid and even a cone.

Moreover, we worked on the letters P, W, and J for literacy. We were determined to understand the sounds of these letters. Learning alliteration along with these letters has become part of our activities when introducing a new one. This taught us that we should pay closer attention to sound, which will help us sound out more complex words. We also tried phoneme addition, deletion, and substitution to master these letters and sounds.

As for physical activities, which help us strengthen our core muscles, stamina, and gross and fine motor skills, we worked on activities that foster crossing the body's midline. We utilize the ball games to pass the ball in different directions. This develops our manipulation, hand dominance, finger strength, & bilateral integration.

According to a study by Karen Leigh, crossing the body's midline is the ability to reach the middle of the body with the arms and legs. This allows children to travel over their bodies to perform a task on the opposite side of their body.

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Melting Snowman Mallows in our Christmas Hot Chocolate

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Melting Snowman Mallows in our Christmas Hot Chocolate

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Teaching STEAM ideas through this activity melted our hearts!

This is an excellent opportunity to learn Science, as we did an observation chart based on the question regarding the water temperature, size of the substance (mallows), and the time. We had a lot of hypotheses before we started the food experiment. Some of our assumptions were correct. However, most of us have discovered observable things that fascinate us. These include the idea that mallows will dissolve in the hot chocolate because they melt in our mouths, providing heat and moisture.

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A delicious dessert is one of the Philippine Christmas traditions we are preparing. Thus, we had a fun experience making a colorful addition to the Christmas celebration as we made a milkshake incorporating what we've learned previously about dissolving substances and the process of dissolving, such as blending, shaking, or stirring.

With its sweetness and coldness, the milkshake represents the Christmas feeling and tradition that goes beyond traditional dessert.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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Christmas is just around the corner!

This week, we started our activities with decorating Christmas trees (symmetry) and tracing. We also made Christmas cards for Santa with our wishes for this Christmas.

For our numeracy, we did a review of numbers from 1 to 20 using a flash card, and we also did a "build a city" game using blocks and papers with number boxes. We also learned to follow directions when making our own cookies and have learned new measurement vocabulary words used in baking, like "1 teaspoon, 1 tablespoon, and a pinch."

For our self-help, we had an outdoor activity that introduced us to crossing the midline activities, such as "following the chalk, popping the balloons, hopping on the flowers, and making snakes and ladders." Crossing the midline activities develops a child's gross motor skills, such as coordination and balance. Gross motor development is also essential in order to maintain a child's development with their peers.

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Provocation Week allows us to stimulate ideas, initiatives, and imaginations through open-ended play and activities. We explored our ideas about senses, particularly our touch receptors. We did this in a large group during Exploration, Story, and Circle Time. We also investigate our curiosity with small group interaction, especially during Free Play.

The sense of touch stems from our thoughts and queries about the 'feeling of satisfaction' whenever we feel something from our skin or when we touch an object.

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As we enter another year, we took the chance to learn more about shapes. We also address our misconceptions about 2d and 3d shapes as we compare and understand their similarities and differences. We've done this through games and activities that foster language, numeracy, and motor skills. In addition, we also started to learn the concept of measuring size, length, and weight using non-standard and standard measuring tools.

Aside from that, we also engaged in literacy and reading practice as we did phoneme blending and segmenting. This process allows us to break down the words into smaller sounds (segmenting) and merge each sounds to make meaning (blending). We used a flip chart and picture flashcards for CVC words (e.g., s-u-n) while we were also introduced to more complex blending sounds: the L-blends (e.g., glass, class).

It was also a great start to build our love for reading and comprehension as we studied parts of the story and read a book we handpicked. We chose "The Little Red Hen" by Mary Mapes Dodge. Here, we understand that a story has parts, which include its characters, setting, and events.

For Filipino Friday, we focused on learning how to create a phrase in the Filipino language or 'parirala.'

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Textures can remind us of feelings we've had; sometimes, we even use the same words to describe textures as we use to describe feelings!

Our texture tub brought us many learning ideas. This includes how each texture attributes to different feelings. Feelings such as happiness, anxiety, disgust, and even yummy (feelings of pleasure and delight). Some of us even described the texture as a pillow (powder), a dog (furry), rock, and sand (salt).

Indeed, textures and feelings have a lot in common!

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We investigated which plates held salt and sugar during our Circle Time. They look similar in appearance, but they have a different texture. Salt can be a little harder, especially if it's a rock salt. On the other hand, we compared the sugar in fine sand. We noticed a big difference in its texture.

From this investigation, we enjoyed touching the sugar more than the salt.

As for the taste, Most of us like the salty one. We mentioned that most of our favorite food, like chips, is salty.

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Looking back to our hands-on learning experience last Monday and Tuesday, we made a chart. We discussed our discoveries regarding the materials and manipulatives we explored last time. We write down the things we feel, smell, and taste and their attribution to a feeling or certain things. We also noticed our ideas were similar, as we had the same feelings while doing the activity.

The words that were evident in our discussion are the following; "ew," "icky," "cold," "feels like a pillow," "looks like a dog," etc.

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There are many benefits to doing nature walks or a nature investigation. This includes encouraging children like us to use and observe using our senses.

During our outdoor activity, we had the chance to search for and locate the objects we needed from our 'Nature Checklist.' Trees, leaves, acorns, grass, stone, twigs, and beach rock are the things that we see in our surroundings. We collected them and put them inside our sensory tub.

As we explore and expose ourselves to nature, it improves both our physical health and naturalist aspects of our lives.

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Different Textures in a Construction Site

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Different Textures in a Construction Site

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Today, we explored different textures as we used our senses to deepen our connection to nature. The fine grains of sand, the tingling sensation of grass against our skin, the 'icky and sticky' sensation of oobleck in our hands, and loading up boulders and sands in trucks make us intriguing but enjoyable.

We ingested nature's gentle touch through our various bodily parts, conveying different feelings and sensations into our minds as we touched, saw, heard, or smelled the objects in our environment. This day was incredibly fun that taught us to seek different ways to enjoy and be thrilled on whatever we have on our mind, body and feelings.

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Learning isn't as easy as 1-2-3.

This week, we focused on enhancing our reading skills through phoneme blending and segmenting. Segmenting is breaking a word into phonemes (smallest sound units in a word - ex. /s/ /a/ /d/ for sad), while phoneme blending is combining phonemes to form words. Blending and segmenting words are important skills to learn in teaching children how to read. We learned to read new words (flag, spin, pond, can, etc.) We also engaged in different activities, like spying and word hunting, which made our reading exercise more fun.

We also listened to and retold a story entitled "I Know an Old Lady." This activity challenged our listening skills, reading comprehension, and building oral language. We did this by chronologically ordering the events that happened in the story.

We also learned prepositions through the song "Where Am I?" and played a game where our gross motor and listening skills were challenged.

In addition to that, we also identified, counted, and wrote the numbers 31-40 by counting toy cubes, identifying numbers, and writing them in our journal. We also played "ping pong relay", which tested our gross motor, coordination, and thinking skills.

For Filipino Friday, we learned "magkasing-tunog na mga salita" like aso, baso, maso and tasa, basa, lasa, etc.

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Surprisingly, we got interested in opening a small box to reveal the treasure as we played the "What's in the box" game.

Inside the box is a different object that has ticklish and rough items. We described how each item made us feel, but we also discussed what words we could use to describe it best. Some described the ouch feeling as "hard" since it makes it hard to touch when the object is "ouchy."

We got invested in building our vocabulary while we tried to identify the best word to use in our descriptions. This week, we are ready to unlock the words ticklish and rough!

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We faced the challenge of finding an answer to the sensations and feelings we would encounter in this activity.

Our teachers instructed us to wear a blindfold and pick up an object to describe the sensation before gently placing it on our skin.

The word rough was associated with the words 'ouchy', 'ouwiee', 'hard paper,' and 'bumpy,' while 'ticklish' made our body move, laugh, and giggle. It was a fun activity that strengthened our ability to describe and process our thoughts about the rough and ticklish objects like brushes, velcro, sandpaper, abaca roll, mat, straw, and the table rag that we used.

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While walking, crawling, jumping, and hopping on the rough sensory mat, we are fascinated by the texture beneath our feet.

We played with different sensory bins that contained other rough materials. Although we said that most items felt "ouch!" (painful), we still enjoyed doing the activity. We also had fun stepping on the materials while listening and following the song directions of "Walking Walking by Super Simple Songs."

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Using our whole body parts makes a lot of difference in experiential learning.

This week, we still focused on emergent reading skills with the help of phoneme segmentation using four-letter words. We involved our whole body as we sounded out each letter, using the "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" song as our sound body part.

We were also introduced to new letter sounds such as K, X, V, and Y. In addition to this, we learned that sounds can be blended to form a new sound. Although it can be a little challenging, everyone did their best to recognize and be able to read out words from our chosen books (focusing on sh and ch) as well as words with consonant digraphs th and ph while completing a giant puzzle.

For Math, we focused on introducing the concept of telling time and doing more tasks that entail comparing numbers up to 40 while moving our body parts from side to side.

To culminate our activities this week, we played charades and engaged in a group story-telling activity. These activities fostered social skills, such as respecting differences and observing proper play etiquette.

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There are many sharp things around us. While most can be painful, some are scratchy, like mosquito bites. We call it a sharp, scratchy feeling. Some of us mentioned that it was an irritating feeling. So, for this day, we explored more about sharp materials that can also be scratchy. We went outside to do some nature hunting.

Most of us found rocks that we tried scratching on our skin; we also saw some twigs, mulberries, stems of leaves, pins, and even nails stuck in the wood. It was a lovely outdoor activity that taught us the importance of being mindful of our surroundings and properly handling sharp materials.

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Since we knew how to handle and properly use sharp objects, we had a scissor salad-cutting activity, which we enjoyed. Some of us chose to cut and tear, while others wanted to decorate our plates with colored paper. We thereafter wiped and cleaned our room with a broom, wiper, brush, loofah sponge, and other cleaning tools with fine points and edges in order for us to practice doing and completing household chores. It is also beneficial for us to understand the value of cleanliness and engage in life-skills exercises at home and in the classroom.

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Scratching can be turned into an art.

We used sharp objects as a tool to scrape the mystery paper. We used combs, sticks, coffee stirrers, wooden knives, forks, and even our nails to see what was behind the scratchboard. We're glad that we got a chance to do what we like in the classroom.

In addition, we have engaged in weaving using paper clips and ribbon. At first, putting the clips in the hole was hard, but we developed a strategy to put them in, which helped us strengthen our fine motor skills.