After a fun and full first week, students are starting to settle into routines: learning their classroom jobs, choosing their work, and beginning to build our community together. This coming week, we’ll be raising the bar a little with new expectations and more learning opportunities. Special classes began Monday with Music (and Band for those...Read More
The upcoming three-day weekend will be well deserved for both students and teachers. It has been a very busy week! In order to reach normalization in the classroom, there is much orientation going on. Students have been taking in an immense amount of information regarding the routine in the classroom, as well as expectations and responsibilities with academics. Many...Read More
Welcome to the new school year! The students have been learning many foundational lessons and routines of the classroom. This can include how to use a rug and how to carry and return a work to the shelf. As our shelves slowly open, works are being introduced, including practical life pouring, grasping, spooning, and tonging...Read More
We had a fantastic first week of school, filled with creativity, exploration, and a lot of science experiments! The children’s kindness, curiosity, and enthusiasm set such a positive tone for our community. It already feels like a caring, supportive, and inspiring place to learn together. To help build our parent community, I’ve attached a contact...Read More
This week, we are truly winding down from the school year and working on closing our classroom community. The children are working on scrubbing and cleaning the classroom chairs and tables. They are also scrubbing slipper boxes, book bins, and some shelves. As the week goes by, they will be bringing home items that they will...Read More
This week, we are truly winding down from the school year and working on closing our classroom community. The children are working on scrubbing and cleaning the classroom chairs and tables. They are also scrubbing slipper boxes, book bins, and some shelves. As the week goes by, they will be bringing home items that they will...Read More
As we close our classroom community for the year, we are working on preparing our environment for the summer. Cubby scrubbing is a work for the students to clean their space as well as utilize all of the practical life skills learned this year. Older students pair with younger students to work together on this. ...Read More
It’s hard to believe it’s almost the end of the school year, and it’s been a busy week! We had our EC music performance, and they did such a wonderful job! We honored our friendships we have made and grown this year by making and delivering friendship bracelets to one another. The students continue to...Read More
We began the week with the Kindergarten field trip to Wintergarden Park. This is a wonderful time exploring prairie and wooded trails and looking for tadpoles in the wetlands! Thank you to all our drivers. We also introduced one of our final culmination practical life lessons, making cinnamon bread! This work integrates many of the practical...Read More
We had such a fantastic time at Ag Fest! It must be May, since we started our field trip with a cow jumping out of the window! Looking ahead, next Tuesday we will be heading to City Park. We will spend the afternoon enjoying organized games, exploring nature, and using the playground equipment. We will...Read More
