This week, students made electroscopes in Science and Oldowan Industrial Complexes (core choppers) in conjunction with their study of Homo Habilis. We also lost our ability to be bipedal for 20 minutes on Tuesday afternoon. We have a new appreciation for walking upright! Students also studied absolute zero, least common multiples, and mixed to improper fractions...Read More
In lieu of the winter season, students this week were given new geography lessons. In Lower North, children are exploring the Arctic and Polar Regions. During this unit, they will be learning about different Arctic animals as well as the physical features of the Arctic by studying a map of the area. Students will also...Read More
It’s been over 100 days of the school year! Thanks for being a part of the Journey. This week, we are focusing our mathematical attention on reviewing divisibility rules for ease of operation, doing multi-step fraction and percentage problems, performing algebraic calculations with a focus on order of operation, and compounding interest using exponential functions...Read More
In lieu of the winter season, students this week were given new geography lessons. In Lower North, children are exploring the Arctic and Polar Regions. During this unit, they will be learning about different Arctic animals as well as the physical features of the Arctic by studying a map of the area. Students will also...Read More
This week we added the solid cards to our geometric cabinet to match the shapes from drawer to picture. The next cube was also added to the Sensorial shelf; the cube of the trinomial. First the child sorts the cubes and prisms by color and then builds the larger cube in a color-sequential order. As...Read More
As our month of January continues and nears the end, many of our students are well-established and know the routine of the classroom. We hope you saw this during your visit on Thursday at Curriculum Night. If you were not able to join us, please take some time to visit during a school day and...Read More
This week, 6th years started planning their 6th-year annual end-of-year trip. This year, students decided they wanted to sell books from 3:00- 3:15 pm in the atrium after school for $4 a book. They plan to start next week and continue daily for as long as possible. They want to raise enough money to go...Read More
The Toddler classroom worked on following simple multi- step directions for making mini pizzas and continued to build their fine motor skills with different works.Read More
This week brought us a new Science unit! Students began to study Animal Tracks and the science behind different tracks, patterns and habits. In Math, students began studying the cubing chains. This activity teaches the child skip counting which is preparation for multiplication. It also indirectly prepares the child to understand cubing numbers. It is...Read More
