February is for Counting and Creating
The Kinder Bunnies were very busy this month with the Lunar New Year, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, and Leap Year. These special days offered us time to read, count, and create.
We created dragons for the Lunar New Year. We continued our non-standard measurement practice by using coins to measure our creations; we learned that some of us were born in the year of the Rooster and others in the year of the Dog. Thanks to one of our parents, we learned how to write numbers from one to ten in Chinese and how to count out loud. Grab a copy of Happy Chinese New Year! By Jannie Ho and enjoy a new book in your library.
The Bunnies celebrated Valentine's Day by reading The Day It Rained Hearts. We created our own umbrellas and used hearts to create different math stories. We also used hearts for matching numbers, counting and sorting, patterns, and more.
Even though money isn't a standard in kindergarten, we couldn't resist using pennies to count and learn about President Lincoln. We also read a sweet story called A Penny In My Pocket by CM Harris. We learned that a kind gift can go a long way.
Counting is all around you. What will you count today?
