Kindergarten World Children’s Book Week
Every year, the second week of November is celebrated as “World Children’s Book Week”. Our kindergarten classes celebrate this week with various activities. Students examined their class libraries, and learned the features of the books. They brought their favourite books to school and introduced them to their friends, and told each other what the books are about. The students wrote and illustrated their own stories and then put them together to make class books.
Kindergarten November Intellectual Literacy Activity
In November, the kindergarten’s intellectual literacy activities involved learning about famous painter and sculptor Leonardo Da Vinci, and the famous composer Mozart. The balloon classes learned about the Maiden’s Tower, and our kindergarten Star classes learned about the Galata Tower.
The kindergarten Winter Preparation- Making Pickles
Our kindergarten classes learned how to make pickles in preparation for the winter season, and made pickles in the classrooms. The students talked about making pickles, how long it would take and how they would be made. They got to know each other ingredients that would be used to make pickles. All the ingredients were placed one at a time, into the jar, and then the jars were tightly closed so that no air could get in. Our students are waiting with excitement and wonder to see how many days they will have to wait for our pickles to be ready in the classroom science corner.
Kindergarten English Split Lesson
Kindergarten students had a lot of fun completing a “Monster Puzzle” of body parts while playing with their friends. Students had a chance to review and reinforce the new vocabulary.
We are Learning About Our Neighborhood with Cubetto
In the kindergarten, one of the lessons we did this month was to program the cute robot Cubetto to show us around Selim’s neighborhood, continuing on from a storybook we read. According to the codes we made, we toured Selim’s neighborhood butcher, green grocer, pharmacy, market, flower shop, library and bakery.
World Philosophy Day Activity in the Kindergarten
Philosophy Club teachers Şirin Kahraman and Berrin Bağdatlı visited the kindergarten classes for World Philosophy Day, which is celebrated on the third Thursday of every November. Students in the Philosophy Club accompanied their teachers and discussed the importance of asking questions and querying with their classmates. Then they passed out Philosophy Day stickers.
Yarn Bombing in our Garden!
Yarn Bombing has become a popular environmental art in recent years. Now we also have it in our school garden. Texture, stripes and colors make our garden warm and colorful!