We began the week discussing Presidents Day and reading a book about some of our past Presidents like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Our next food preparation work was spreading jam onto a cracker! We added the tying dressing frame to practice our tying skills. This will help with any self-care tying like tying our...Read More

This week we expressed how much we care about our friendships by making Valentine’s and delivering them to a friend. We explored painting hearts by splattering the paint onto a heart in a box. Another art lesson was using paper punches to punch out different types of shapes. We introduced the listening center this week...Read More

Happy February! We heard the groundhog saw his shadow and predicted 6 more weeks of winter weather! So we continued some winter art by using saltwater to paint a snowflake design on paper. We also introduced paper punching on the art shelf combining fine motor and shapes for collage work! Our beautiful bell table now...Read More

This week our new geography study was about “my city and my state.” We discussed what cities we live in, what city our school is in, and what makes up a city. While studying the State of Ohio, we learned about the state symbols, flag, and what makes our State unique. We added the thick line cards...Read More

Welcome Back from Winter Break and Happy 2025! Our class community enjoyed sharing with one another something they did over the break. We also reviewed our classroom responsibilities together. This week we explored many new curriculum units. Rough and smooth work was explored in Sensorial. Students used their sense of touch to match and feel different textures. Our...Read More

This week we learned about the holiday of Christmas. We embraced the spirit of giving and practical life skills when the children practiced wrapping wooden blocks and gave them to a friend. We also decorated a mini Christmas tree, and learned about the Nativity. For fun art projects, the children used a straw to paint...Read More

Our class explored many traditions and cultures this week for the Holidays. We studied Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Students put candles in a Menorah, and played the dreidel game as they learned about the eight nights of Hanukkah. They also painted the Star of David at the Easel. Kwanzaa brought us the discovery of the Mancala game...Read More

Welcome back from Thanksgiving break and Happy December! We began this week with the next Geography on Houses and Homes. We discussed what houses look like all over the world and each friend described what their own homes look like and are made of. Our bell table opened this week as the first bell was...Read More

We began the week celebrating Miss Brenda’s birthday! Students used our golden bead material to build and discover her age as she traveled around the sun! Many works this week reflected practical life skills leading into our community gathering and feast. These works included silverware sorting, rolling napkins, table setting, using a baster, and folding...Read More

Early Childhood West began the week discussing Veterans day and read a book about it. In Practical Life this week we began cutting and slicing wooden fruits and vegetables. Lacing boards were also added which prepares for the skill of sewing. Our new Sensorial unit was about big and little. Students explored this vocabulary through...Read More