Tag Archives: Kindergarten

#1168 Wiggly Worms, Decomposing, and BUGS!

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What lives underground and wriggles?
Which decomposes faster: an apple core or a wrapper?
Black flies, mosquitoes and dragon flies: whose team do you want to be on?!

This month’s videos challenge young learners to think, question and develop strategies to find answers.

Watch the videos. 
See the notes underneath for learning extensions.

Wiggly worms!
Kindergaretn & Grade 1 inquiry into the the life of worms, soil and dirt!

Decomposing!
Which decomposes faster? Apple cores or wrappers?
Inquiry into natural vs plastic waste!

Bugs!!!
Who do you want on your team?
Black flies?
Mosquitoes?
Dragon flies?
… Pick very carefully!

See all the videos including:
• Mystery forest object
• Being happy
• Heart and breathing

We’re always looking for ideas to support Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3 learning with links to the Ontario curriculum and appropriate for homeschoolers and Forest School fans!

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#1166 Distance Learning – YouTube Inquiry +

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We’re in a peculiar time.
Mandatory distancing and isolation has created new realities for the planet’s population.

As people scramble to develop new norms teachers are busy managing their own families and supporting their students in new ways.

New ways include YouTube, Zoom, SeeSaw, and Google Classroom.

Below are a few videos I’ve produced or supported to help the elementary classes at school.

The last three are my favourite…

First is a school staff compilation to remind the school community we are #TogetherApart – produced by Mme. Labrosse and fed to families via Twitter.

An alternative, cross curricular Grade 3 fractions lesson:

Kindergarten inquiry about seeds:

Kindergarten inquiry about trees and what lies underground:

Kindergarten inquiry about compost and soil (stinky gross alert!!):

They’re fun to produce.
And help students remember #WeMissYou.

Support.
Be kind.
Smile as best you can!