We were so excited to see
Dianne waiting to greet us again at Garden View Village. She has had appointments
that have conflicted with our last 3 visits, and it was clear that she missed
us dearly! We have been learning a lot about seeds, plants and gardening at
school and decided to do a few related activities at Garden View Village today.
After we finished our snack, we read a story about the life cycle of a
sunflower, where we were able to showcase all that we have learned about how
plants grow! We then did a directed colouring activity where the students had
to follow oral directions indicating where to put various items in the garden.
They all did a great job! We brought these art pieces downstairs to show our
senior friends, who were so excited to see us! The students are getting so good
at greeting their senior friends and asking how they are. Once we were situated
around the table, we sprung another art project on our senior friends- they
joined the Kindergarten students in drawing flowers on paper the students had
painted with watercolours. It was amazing to see the talent in our senior friends
and to see the growth in the students’ abilities. Some students chose to give
their directed colouring activity to their senior friend and others decided to
bring it home. After saying thank you and goodbye downstairs, we went back
upstairs to play Face Off with our Power of Ten cards. Our special helper, Evyn,
did a lovely job teaching Dianne how to play, and Lane did a great job teaching
his mom. All of the other students played really well together too! A special
thank you to Kim for coming out to help us today, we love when parents join us!
My apologies, it was too busy to get any pictures today! However, you will have
a chance to see the flower pictures soon… (stay tuned!!)
