With Valentine’s Day this week, we have been reflecting on our friendships and showing ways we care about one another and our community. Friends decorated, cut, and made a valentine to deliver to a friend. Our class also decorated Valentine’s bags to use at our class party. Children could paint a heart at the Easel....Read More

We introduced a new science unit about the calendar, weather, and the four seasons. Students can identify the months of the year, create the calendar in the classroom, sort items and pictures based on what season they are needed or found, and discover different types of weather through books. These are topics that are regularly...Read More

This week we added the solid cards to our geometric cabinet to match the shapes from drawer to picture. The next cube was also added to the Sensorial shelf; the cube of the trinomial. First the child sorts the cubes and prisms by color and then builds the larger cube in a color-sequential order. As...Read More

This week in math, the concept of odd and even numerals was introduced as well as the dynamic layout. The dynamic layout shows the child that “everything changes after 9” in each place value. Yoga cards were added to the movement shelf where children can explore different yoga poses. The large hexagon box was added...Read More

This week, we discussed the Martin Luther King Jr holiday, who he was, and how he was a peacemaker. Many units were added this week, including measurement in math, my city and my state in geography, and rough vs. smooth in Sensorial. Students measured in inches or feet and enjoyed working together to measure objects...Read More

We explored the next geography unit on my school this week. Along with having a home community, we discussed how we also have our school community. Children were able to identify and match places in our school and works in our classrooms. They also expressed what they love most about our school. Another science unit...Read More

  This week we began exploring the Holiday of Christmas. Children had the opportunity to use mini Christmas trees to decorate as well as set up a nativity scene. We read books about Christmas and how different families can celebrate this Holiday in different ways or traditions. We demonstrated our “Sensorial Christmas Tree” work that...Read More

    We are beginning to learn about all the different Holidays that take place during the month of December. This week we started with Hanukkah. We read books about this Festival of Lights, played the dreidel game, and discussed the eight nights, traditions, customs, and what the Menorah is. We then learned about Kwanzaa and...Read More

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday with family. This week, we kicked off our “Hannah’s Socks” project to donate socks to people in need. We enjoyed wearing our fun socks together! In the classroom, we introduced many new sensorial works that included opening our bell table to play the first bell. We added...Read More

We are reflecting on what it means to be thankful this week! Many works reflect preparations in the home for family gatherings as well as for the feast we will prepare in our Early Childhood community. Works include setting a place at the table, using a baster, sorting silverware, rolling and folding napkins, filling a cornucopia...Read More