We are in the final weeks of November and Fall is in the air. Anticipation for the upcoming holidays, family gatherings and hopefully some relaxation is right around the corner. We hope to see you this Saturday for the downtown holiday parade;) In the classroom, we have narrowed our focus from Insects to Bees on our Zoology shelf....Read More
This week in the Adolescent Program we are keeping incredibly busy. We went on a student-designed field trip to the Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor. The goal was to see the process that the coffee goes through before it reaches the consumer. We got so much more than that! Steve was enthusiastic about the whole process...Read More
We cannot believe the first couple of months of the school year have come and gone! The students continue to learn new things every day and remain working hard in the classroom. This week the students were introduced to a couple new units. For word study, the students received a lesson on ABC order. This...Read More
Sensory experiences were a big part of our work this week! The Sound/No Sound unit was added to our sensorial shelf. This work aims to refine the sense of sound while students explore matching sound cylinders, mystery bags of differing sounds, and using a quiet rug. The quiet rug is a special work in the classroom where...Read More
We cannot believe the first couple of months of the school year have come and gone! The students continue to learn new things every day and remain working hard in the classroom. This week the students were introduced to a couple new units. For word study, the students received a lesson on ABC order. This...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
The children were so excited to see her! We also introduced a new math unit on fractions! Children learn parts of a whole up to one-fourth. Our first food preparation work was grape plucking. Using hands as our prepared tools first, children plucked grapes off the vine and enjoyed eating them. We used the corn...Read More
What a beautiful fall week in EC East! We began the week with a new math unit exploring greater than, less than and equal to. Our first food prep lesson was shared with the students – grape plucking. This work is part of our practical life curriculum and allows the student to understand the process...Read More
This week students practiced visiting other societies during history to understand how difficult it might be to migrate to a new society. In science students learned about how sound can travel in waves. They also learned the difference between light and sound waves. In biology, 4th graders just started their microscope studies. Students also chose...Read More
“It takes a village to raise a child” is an African proverb that we take seriously. As teachers we support our parents to work on teaching and help raise the children that cross our paths. We meet with parents to discuss the growth of their child and in turn parents choose to support us to...Read More
