This week, we reflect on friends, family, and what we are thankful for. The children brought home a special thankful for project they have been working on. We learned about the cornucopia this week and transferred fruits and vegetables to fill it. Real turkey feathers were explored and arranged in a turkey basket.  As we...Read More

This week, we had many Sensorial works, including color box 3 for grading colors into light, medium, and dark. The geometric cabinet drawers were all open for exploration and vocabulary of the names of shapes. The large hexagon box was shown, introducing the hexagon, rhombus, and parallelogram. In practical life, the students used knives to...Read More

What a fun and busy week! Our new food preparation work was ladling vegetable soup and then tasting it! Shaving cream on a table was a popular work choice, this multi-step work encompasses pouring water, cleaning up, sensory discovery, and fine motor skills! Students also polished a variety of gourds. Sponge squeezing was introduced in...Read More

  This week was all about pumpkins! Students pounded golf tees into a pumpkin, drew a face on a pumpkin, transferred washers onto a pumpkin stem, and used rubber bands to stretch around and match over the pumpkin grooves. We also carved a pumpkin into a Jack-o-Lantern as a class community. Each friend was invited...Read More

This week, our Geometric cabinet was demonstrated. The first lesson includes two-dimensional shape recognition of the circle, triangle, and square. Next, all drawers will be available to dive deeper into the vocabulary of all shapes. Yoga cards were added to our movement shelf for balance and strength. The braiding board was added to our Practical...Read More

This week brought a new science unit on living and nonliving. We discussed the characteristics of each and had a special guest help us identify what a living thing is. Bosco, Miss Kristine’s dog in Upper, made a visit to our classroom for this lesson. The students enjoyed loving and petting him afterwards as well....Read More

Our first math unit was introduced this week on the concept of greater than, less than, and equal to; also known as equality and inequality. We learned about the “Greedy Duck” always wanting more to help recognize the symbols when discriminating which number is larger. In Practical Life, pounding work was explored. This work allows the child...Read More

Happy October! This week, we introduced our first geography unit on “Me!” In Early childhood, we begin the cosmic education approach and start with our own place in the world and how we are one person unique and special. With this unit, we learn about the parts of our bodies and what can be found...Read More

Happy Fall! We discussed the season of Autumn and what changes we can observe. Our class enjoyed a fall hike on the trail together. Our next science unit was all about apples! We learned about a variety of apples, parts of an apple, where they come from, and how they can be used. We also...Read More

What a wonderfully, busy week we had! We completed our family photo book and placed it in the peace corner for the children to look at. We also completed our “peace bundle” compiled of each individual’s peace stick they painted that represents them. When put together into a bundle, it now represents our classroom community and...Read More