The EC students started this week out by collecting peace sticks. Each child finds a stick that represents them. The sticks will be placed in a bundle in our peace corner to represent our classroom community. The children enjoyed painting their peace sticks for this special project. In Sensorial color box 1 was added...Read More
We’ve had a busy week so far in Upper West. On Monday, Mr. Dave gave us a history lesson on finding the closest relatives of humans. After his presentation, we looked at the latest scientific evidence to see which of the apes we are most closely related to. He used charts to tell us about...Read More
We have just completed the fourth week of school already! The students in the Lower Classrooms have been hard at work and eager at learning new things. This week students were introduced to new writing mechanics lessons covering two of the punctuation marks, the question mark and the period. After the lessons, students had the...Read More
Yesterday we made models of the grand canyon and saw pictures of it. We poured water on it to see how it formed. We had a lesson on who our closest living relative is and it’s the chimpanzees. Today in art we learned how to draw animals easily without that many mistakes. We could draw...Read More
We have completed the fourth week of school already! The students in the Lower Classrooms have been hard at work and eager at learning new things. This week students were introduced to new writing mechanics lessons covering two of the punctuation marks, the question mark and the period. After the lessons, students had the opportunity...Read More
Our routines are getting settled and our workloads are increasing. This past week, we delivered some donated goods to the Brown Bag Food Project. Peg gave us some insight into what they do, how they do it, and why they do it. It was an enlightening experience. For science, we are playing with simulations for...Read More
The EC students started this week out by collecting peace sticks. Each child finds a stick that represents them. The sticks will be placed in a bundle in our peace corner to represent our classroom community. The children enjoyed painting their peace sticks for this special project. In Sensorial color box 1 was added to...Read More
Together is a great place to be! Toddlers are building community by learning each others names, having meal times together and having a great time together outside exploring! We have been busy with many apple activities as well as our Montessori sensorial and practical life work. Children are learning about colors through different colors of...Read More