We’ve passed our month mark of being at kindergarten! The little rainbows of Rainbow class are really settling in to their new lives and routines. Now that most the children have overcome their anxious and nervous feelings, they can begin to inquire and explore our wonderful kindergarten. In these past few weeks, we have been meeting a lot of interesting people that work here. Can you guess who they are?
First, we learned that people have different roles at the kindergarten.
In the mornings when we arrive at school, we have to see the doctor for a health check.
When we arrive in our classrooms, we see our teachers and friends.
But there also many people we don’t see on a daily basis that play an important role in the functioning of our school.
The first person we met was the chef. Before we got to meet him, we learned about his role. We learned about what chefs do and what materials or tools they need for their job.
We also learned how to stay safe in the kitchen. We created our own little kitchen in the classroom and created tips on how to play in it. Now, when our little rainbows play in the kitchen, they can follow simple procedures. Some of them know the process so well that they’ll remind you of the order if you get it wrong! Our little rainbows are so smart!
We also wanted to the children to learn about responsibility, so we created a sorting system together and made an agreement to clean up our kitchen when we’re done playing in it. Now we know where our toys belong and we know that everyone needs to work together to keep our environment clean and tidy.
Once we had an idea about what chefs do, we were ready to meet our school chef and see where he works. The school kitchen was so big! And our chef was so friendly and helpful. The experience really inspired the children of Rainbow class. We could see their enthusiasm each time they played in our little kitchen. We then offered some real vegetables for them to play with. They were so excited!
After we met the chef, we learned about the role of the school doctor. We learned that doctors needed different tools for their job. The doctors lent us their flashlight and we practiced doing the oral check to see whether someone has a red throat. We also had a chance to use a stethoscope and listen to each other’s heartbeats.
We role-played what happens when we arrive at school in the mornings. Some children took turns being the doctor, while teachers and other children took turns being the student. During our role play, we noticed that the doctors give different colored cards to children.
This gave us a new topic to explore: Why are their different colors of health cards and what do they mean?
Here’s what we found out. The red card is for children who have a sore throat or runny nose. They need to drink more water when they have a red card.
The blue card is for children who got hurt. Children and teachers should be extra careful around children with blue cards.
The yellow card is for children who have a sore tummy.
And the green card is for children who are healthy!
We learned so much already in a short time, and there’s so much more to learn. We have many people to meet and places to explore in our kindergarten. But before we end off this week’s newsletter, let’s welcome our new little rainbow 毛毛! We are so happy to have you in our Rainbow family!
Everyone here in our Rainbow class is excited for the journey that lies ahead. Let’s go, little rainbows!