So much fun this week going outside and playing in the snow! Toddlers enjoyed making snow angels , digging in the snow and making foot print paths in the snow! Studies show that there are many benefits of outside play such as promoting social skills like turn taking, fosters imaginative play, reduces stress ( even...Read More
We welcomed the beautiful first snowfall of the season this week! Students worked with putting on their snow pants, mittens, and snow boots. What wonderful, real-life practical work! Along with studying the changing seasons and weather, we also introduced work exploring the holiday of Hanukkah. The children practiced putting candles in a real Menorah, and...Read More
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Students came back ready to work! In math, they continue to solve word problems. Word problems (or story problems) allow students to apply what they’ve learned in addition, subtraction or multiplication to real-world situations. Word problems build higher-order thinking, critical problem-solving, and reasoning skills. Third year started Imaginary...Read More
We’ve had a wonderful first week back from break here in Upper West. For math, we’ve been continuing with multi-digit multiplication and prime factorization with many of the fourth-year students. A second math group has focused on fractions and binomials (multiplying a 2-digit number by a 2-digit number using terms). We’ve also been working with multi-bases...Read More
Last week we had Thanksgiving break. We had no school through Wednesday to Sunday. All of us got to spend Thanksgiving with our family. On Monday we had a lesson on the Homo sapiens.They are the modern humans today. We also got a new student. On Tuesday we had a Science lesson on Mount Shasta...Read More
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Students came back ready to work! In math, they continue to solve word problems. Word problems (or story problems) allow students to apply what they’ve learned in addition, subtraction or multiplication to real-world situations. Word problems build higher-order thinking, critical problem-solving, and reasoning skills. Third year started Imaginary...Read More
We welcomed the beautiful first snowfall of the season this week! Students worked with putting on their snow pants, mittens, and snow boots. What wonderful, real-life practical work! Along with studying the changing seasons and weather, we also introduced work exploring the holiday of Hanukkah. The children practiced putting candles in a real Menorah, and also painted...Read More
