This week we celebrated our 100th day of school! The students brought in collections of 100 items from home to share with their classmates. It is always so exciting to see what everyone chooses! We counted out to 100 in many different ways and explored a special Skittles activity-using 100 of course! Our classrooms also enjoyed...Read More
Early Childhood enjoyed the winter wonderland outside a few days this week! Both classrooms used their senses to describe, feel, smell, and taste a variety of breads. New math units were introduced on telling time (West) and money (East). Students will explore time on the hour and half-hour using an analog and digital clock. The...Read More
Early Childhood began the week discussing MLK Jr. and his dream for the world. We read stories and enjoyed coloring pages. In art, children also painted a snowflake at the easel. Both classrooms introduced new Sensorial units! West used their sense of touch to explore baric: heavy/light and East used their sense of hearing to listen...Read More
Early childhood introduced two new science units this week! East studied animal tracks as they watched the snowfall outside and West discovered items that were magnetic or non-magnetic. Speaking of snow, a winter snow scene, cutting a snowflake and positive/negative snowman were additional art works and concepts explored. Both classrooms added the cubing chains to...Read More
Happy New Year! EC began our week with new cutting and tracing work, using snowflake shapes! We introduced a new Geography unit: My School. In East, new work on the art shelf included cutting a positive/negative space snowman, and using chalk to draw a snowy scene. Metal insets were demonstrated as well, using only the inset...Read More
This week the Spirit of Christmas is in the air! Friends enjoyed many festive works including wrapping gifts and delivering them to a friend. This gave them the opportunity to experience the meaning of gift-giving and use their imagination as to what they received. We made paper chains as a decoration and countdown to Christmas. Each...Read More
