Pumpkin Carving
We had so much fun today! Thank you to all our parent volunteers who supplied us with pumpkins and helped the children carve their special designs. We did several pumpkin math activities: predicted whether the pumpkin will float or sink, measured the circumference of the pumpkin, counted the seams, and weighed the pumpkin. The children picked one section of a jack-o'-lantern face to design and worked with their team and grown-up to carve the face. There were seeds and pumpkin pulp everywhere!Video Clips:
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Human Body Museum
Thank you to the grown-ups and fourth graders who visited our Human Body Museum! Students reflected on all of their work learning about the human body over the past two months. They wrote and drew about what they had learned, created their favorite parts of the body, and spent time organizing different human body centers.
Here are a few short clips from today's inquiry-share:
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Music Masters from Japan
Koto (13-string traditional Japanese instrument) and Shakuhachi (bamboo Japanese flute) masters performed for us at Jefferson Hall on the UH campus. Children were mesmerized by the rich sounds and melodies that these Japanese instruments make.
Please go to Honolulu Box Office to find out more information on the Japanese master concert this Saturday and Sunday.
Watch and listen to short video clips from today's performance.
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5th Grade Buddies
Our fifth grade buddies visited our Kindergarten class yesterday. The fifth graders and kindergartners wrote and illustrated special Halloween poems. The kindergartners are VERY excited to have fifth grade buddies.
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Aloun Farms
Aloun Farms has over 2,500 visitors a week. They also grow other produce besides pumpkins. The children had a wonderful time exploring the pumpkin patches, riding on the hay ride, listening to pumpkin facts, and picking their very own pumpkins.
Mahalo to the parents who helped with our trip to Aloun Farms.
Please enjoy the Aloun Farm pictures in our web gallery.
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Kapi'olani Medical Center
Last week Friday, our Kindergarten class took a tour of Kapi'olani Medical Center. We looked at x-rays in the conference room, saw the newborn babies, toured the ER, and check out the artwork of the children in the hospital.
In 1890, Queen Kapi'olani was concerned about the welfare of Hawai'i's mothers and their babies. She opened Kapi'olani Maternity Home. Kapi'olani Medical Centers have been servicing women and children for more than 100 years.
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Heart Day in Kindergarten
Dr. Ichinose proclaimed it "Heart Day" in Kindergarten on October 4. Dr. Ichinose is a heart specialist for Pali Momi hospital. Students learned how fast or slow hearts can beat, the differences between arteries and veins, and how the heart valves help the blood flow in one direction. Dr. Ichinose had children wear surgical caps and masks to show how to keep out germs during surgery. They realized how warm the body gets when wearing the surgical uniform.
Thank you to Dr. Ichinose and his assistant, daughter KI, for visiting our class!
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The Digestive System
On October 2, Dr. Lee (CL's dad) visited our Kindergartens! He shared many digestive system posters and a human body model. Then he read us a great book called The Gas We Pass, by Shina Cho. Children were also able to look through a tiny camera scope that Dr. Lee uses during his operations.Posted at 1:47 PM| Permalink