This week, love was in the air as we celebrated our friendships on Valentine’s Day. Friends enjoyed passing out valentines to one another and decorating bags to hold their Valentines. We also had a special art activity where students could make a valentine, fold an envelope, and deliver it to a friend in the classroom!...Read More

  This week we added the trinomial cube, our last cube, to the sensorial shelf. We have also introduced baric to our sensorial shelf, where students used their sense of touch to feel the difference between light and heavy. Solid cards were added to our geometric cabinet to match the three-dimensional to the two-dimensional objects....Read More

  This week we celebrated our 100th Day of School! Each friend brought in 100 items from home to share and display in our hallway! We also counted to 100 by tens and fives. Other activities included writing the numerals 1-100 and fun coloring page patterns! In math, we added the mystery number to the...Read More

This week we celebrated the Chinese New Year. We learned about the Year 2023 being the year of the rabbit, what animal our own birth year represented, colored the flag of China, and traced Chinese numbers. The students were also very excited to showcase their dragon masks and tails as they paraded around the school!...Read More

We discussed Martin Luther King Jr this week and how he was a peacemaker. We read stories, talked about his vision he had for the world and how it reflects and affects us today. Kindergartners wrote their own writing pieces on what dreams they have. We introduced new geography and math units this week. Math...Read More

  We began the week by adding another geography unit; my school. Students discussed how outside their home community they are also part of another special community within MSBG. Works from this unit explored our unique school and reflected our classroom. Students discovered magnetic  vs. non-magnetic through our new science unit on magnets. In Practical...Read More

  Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday season and restful break. We reviewed our classroom responsibilities this week as we welcomed one another back to our community. Bouncing on an exercise ball was added to the movement shelf for some large gross motor work! In art we cut snowflakes out of coffee filters...Read More

As we continue learning about Holiday customs and traditions, we introduced our Christmas unit this week! Students could retell the story of baby Jesus and set up the nativity scene, and decorate a mini Christmas tree. Other festive works this week included making paper chain decorations, and frosting and decorating a cookie. We demonstrated the...Read More

  This week we introduced the customs and traditions of Kwanzaa. Our students discussed the colors of Kwanzaa, the seven nights and principles of each night, created Kinara in art, played the Mancala game, and weaved a mat! Students also learned a new unit in Geography called My Home. This unit focuses on the student’s...Read More

  This week we introduced the Geometric cabinet in sensory to help further identify and explore two-dimensional shapes. Using their tactile senses, students feel and match different varieties of pressure. The triangle box was also introduced in our sensory unit. In practical life, students had the opportunity to polish our large mirror in the classroom....Read More