Classroom Observation #2 at Red Deer College Kindergarten

I had the privilege of spending my Friday afternoon in the kindergarten classroom at Red Deer College. The teacher of this classroom is Mrs. Joan Svenderus. She is an amazing woman and does so well with her students. 
The kindergarten at Red Deer College is an Early Childhood Services program. The classroom is based off of the interests of the children. 
We started the afternoon off by going over different letters of the alphabet that the students had been practicing printing. The letter of the day was "M". Joan does a mystery drawing activity where she draws in steps slowly revealing the mystery drawing that corresponds to the letter of the day. As Joan draws the steps on the board, the students follow along. The end result was a mouse. The saying that went along with the drawing was, "Mommy Mouse is Munching". 
Along with writing skills, the students were able to show math skills by counting and patterns. Joan used the smart board for this activity. Each day of the week had a pattern going up by green, blue and black, and the students were able to distinguish this pattern. Students also demonstrated math skills by counting out loud together the number of days that they had attended school for. 
I had the opportunity to help the students with projects. I was put in charge of painting hands and imprinting the students hands on paper. This was a very cool experience to be able to interact with the students. 

While at the Red Deer College Kindergarten I also got to attend snack time. Normally, in a kindergarten classroom students would bring their own snacks but here, students were given two bowls in the middle of the tables filled with nachos. This gives the students a sense of how to portion and resembles a sit down meal that some students may not experience at home. 
After snack I was able to read books with the students before home time. It was a great experience at Red Deer College Kindergarten. MY favorite part of the day was dancing and singing along to "Happy" by Pharrell Williams. This is a tradition every Friday in the Red Deer College Kindergarten classroom. I feel so privileged to be able to observe in this classroom and I learned a lot in my three hours there.