Welcome back from Winter Break and Happy New Year! We began the week reviewing our classroom responsibilities and sharing about our holidays. Bouncing on the exercise ball was a fun, new movement lesson for our core! New sensorial and math units were introduced this week. Sound and no sound was explored using our sense of hearing....Read More

What a fun and festive week we had! The week began with a wonderful band performance by our Upper and Middle school students. Our class enjoyed the sing along songs and all the instruments! We had a lesson about gift wrapping and gift giving. Friends had the opportunity to wrap a present and deliver it...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

Happy December! The students arrived back from the Thanksgiving holiday eager to share what they did and what foods were their favorites! In the classroom, our bell table was introduced with the first lesson of using a mallet to strike the bell and using a damper to stop the sound. Many other sensorial lessons were...Read More

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