Early Childhood West

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Many new units were introduced this week. In math, we studied equality/inequality as we learned about quantities that are greater than, less than, and equal to. Ask your child about the “Greedy Duck.” We also explored our next science unit on land, air, and water. Children identified objects, pictures, and animals and how they travel....
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Happy November! On Halloween, we discussed the parts of a pumpkin and carved it into a Jack-O-Lantern. We then roasted the seeds and tasted them! We also did a pumpkin experiment to observe the reaction using baking soda, dish soap, and vinegar. We introduced a new sensorial unit about big and little. The triangle box...
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We continued our fun fall celebrations this week! Artworks included using a marble in paint to roll on black paper to make a spider web and painting a pumpkin on the easel with orange and green paint! Our Kindergarteners had their first field trip to the pumpkin patch, and our younger friends enjoyed a pumpkin...
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We enjoyed many pumpkin works this week! Children transferred rings onto a pumpkin stem, placed rubber bands over the lined pattern of a pumpkin, pounded golf tees into a pumpkin, and drew a face on a pumpkin using markers! More practical life work, including tray sweeping and polishing gourds! Our new science unit this week...
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This week, we introduced our first math unit on fractions! Children learned the parts of a whole up to one-fourth and are working on understanding fractions 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, and 1/5. We continue to reflect on our inner peace through tracing our finger labyrinth. It looks the same as our large one located in the...
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Fall is among us! Our new science unit this week was all about apples! We learned about parts of an apple, different kinds of apples, and tasted a red delicious, golden delicious, granny smith, and gala apple. Thank you to the families who donated apples to this unit! We also painted an apple on the...
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We continued studying leaves and trees as we headed outdoors for a hike and tree rubbings. The use of scissors was introduced as children cut clay. Our snapping dressing frame was added to our care of oneself work, and floor sweeping was demonstrated for the care of our environment work. Our first Sensorial unit was...
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Fall is soon approaching, which led us to our first science unit this week all about leaves and trees! We studied parts of a leaf, parts of a tree, and identified many different kinds of leaves. Our first pre-writing work was shown being the tracing box. Using two fingers, children trace shapes, lines, and letters...
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We hope everyone had a relaxing Labor Day weekend! Our class welcomed this week with many more practical life works. Tonging from one container to another was introduced, as well as our first care of oneself work and the zipping dressing frame. We also had our practical life baskets on the shelf that allowed the...
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Welcome to Early Childhood! We are looking forward to a wonderful school year with your children. We continue to set the foundation this week as we introduce new areas of the classroom. Our shelves are slowly turning around allowing the child to learn and choose work gradually. We introduced our Peace Corner, which includes how...
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