This week in upper west we had our  history simulation Coming to America. We are loading our ships and getting ready to sail to the new world, aka America. We stocked our ships with tools, food, household items, and seeds. We’re a religious freedom colony so we have to borrow a lot to set sail....Read More

We have added a new unit to the Math shelf. The children are expanding numbers. They are expanding numbers from the tens all the way up to millions and beyond. We continue to work on greater then or less then, as well as reading number sentences. We are encouraging them to practice their facts at...Read More

October work continues this week as we introduce new science work; leaves and trees.  The West classroom began this unit this week, and also fall tree art work along with it.  The West classroom explored the squaring chains this week, introducing this beautiful math material into their classroom.  This work introduces the concepts of skip...Read More

Middle school rocked their Fall Camp experience last week. Hiking, service, cooking, games and many projects filled our days. Check out the bulletin board outside our classroom to see some of our artwork! We are also very glad to get back to Mustang Cafe, greeting everyone with the smell of fresh coffee every morning. We...Read More

  October work continues this week as we introduce new science work; leaves and trees.  The West classroom began this unit this week, and also fall tree art work along with it.  The West classroom explored the squaring chains this week, introducing this beautiful math material into their classroom.  This work introduces the concepts of...Read More

Highlights from week this include: -Learning about plant and animal cells -Deciding supplies to take on our simulation “Coming to America” -Studying wind patternsRead More

Fall is in the air and the autumn breezes are blowing! So far this October we have enjoyed many pumpkin and leaf related activities and work! In our science and nature area children explore leaves, pumpkins, sunflowers and gourds. We talk about textures of the gourdes and pumpkins, helping to enrich the children’s vocabulary. Many...Read More

  We have added a new unit to the Math shelf. The children are expanding numbers. They are expanding numbers from the tens all the way up to millions and beyond. We continue to work on greater then or less then, as well as reading number sentences. We are encouraging them to practice their facts...Read More