This week, our toddlers explored sponge painting with glitter while creating melted snowmen. Using sponges and glue, the children strengthened hand muscles and practiced hand-eye coordination. This open-ended art experience encouraged creativity and self-expression without focusing on a specific outcome. The activity also provided rich sensory exploration as the children experienced different textures, including glitter...Read More

This week we began studying the traditions and customs of the Christmas holiday.  We explored the Nativity story, and students could recreate a Nativity scene.  Decorating a Christmas tree was also a new work added to our science and culture shelf. In practical life, our class explored wrapping, addressing, and delivering a “gift” to a...Read More

Hello Lower Families, Zooming into academic work, students are still exploring math, language and culture, with many units staying the same from last week. The fish unit has been swapped out with the amphibians unit, which students have been examining very studiously. Zooming back out, it has been a busy week for all students as...Read More

 Our toddlers started off the week with a cookie-cutter paint craft, giving them a rich hands-on sensory learning experience. Through this activity, they practiced fine motor control by pressing and lifting the cutters, while also building bilateral coordination as they used both hands together. This open-ended work allowed the children to explore sensory input, experiment...Read More

Classroom News December 14, 2025 Hello Families, Here’s the weekly update from the MSBG Adolescent Classroom! Below you’ll find important upcoming dates, followed by highlights from our work together this week. Mark Your Calendars December 19 – Last Day of School in 2025, PAJAMA DAY!! January 5 – First Day of School in 2026 Pizza...Read More

Here are the highlights from this week: 1. The Homework Project Presentations are going well! We have loved seeing the diverse range of student interests and knowledge. It has also been wonderful to see the growth in presentation skills of our older students who have done many of these projects by now. Check out the...Read More

This week we began discussing many holiday cultures and traditions. First, we explored and learned about Hanukkah, an eight day Jewish “festival of lights” celebration. Students discovered the joy of playing the dreidel game with gelt, transferred candles into a Menorah, painted the Star of David, read books about Hanukkah, and made a booklet of...Read More

Though the winter holidays are quickly approaching, the students in both Lower Elementary classrooms have continued working hard. The children have been exploring many new units out on the shelves. This week the students were introduced to a couple of new units. For word study, the students received a lesson on ABC order. This unit allows...Read More

We began the week with our next geography unit, My Home, which focuses on the childrens’ homes and unique homes all around the world. In art, fine motor movement and concentration were practiced as students learned the skill of paper punching. As we approach the holiday season, our first two cultural studies were introduced. The traditions...Read More

Classroom News December 7, 2025 Hello Families, Here’s the weekly update from the MSBG Adolescent Classroom! Below you’ll find important upcoming dates, followed by highlights from our work together this week. Mark Your Calendars December 19 – Last Day of School in 2025 January 5 – First Day of School in 2026 Pizza Forms are...Read More