“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
This week, we started Camp Willson narratives, researched nature from Camp, and jumped back into math, geometry, language, spelling, and vocabulary. In History, we participated in a simulation of fictional societies. Some societies were competitive, some focused on justice, and others centered on art. Students also stretched their imaginations this week! In their free time,...Read More
Early Childhood was full of festive fall works this week! We enjoyed drawing a face on a pumpkin, pounding golf tees into a pumpkin, and carving a real pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern! The community decided on what shape eyes, nose, and type of mouth to carve. The parts of a pumpkin were discussed and each...Read More
Another busy week in Lower Elementary. The students continue to practice and master skills in language and math and progress through those work areas. In addition to being introduced and exploring the culture areas in our classroom. This week in history we are studying the Days of the Week in Lower North and the Months...Read More
Fun pumpkin exploration was a large part of our week in EC! We began with pounding tees into a pumpkin and introducing the spooky sensory bowl. On the art shelf, we drew faces on a pumpkin with markers and created spider web art. We also introduced pin punching to the classroom, a fine motor pre-writing...Read More
Another busy week in Lower Elementary. The students continue to practice and master skills in language and math and progress through those work areas. In addition to being introduced and exploring the culture areas in our classroom. This week in history we are studying the Days of the Week in Lower North and the Months...Read More
This was a short but busy and exciting week. Thank you for taking the time to schedule a conference with us.The students are always so excited to know that we talk to their parents about all the amazing work they do throughout the school day. The most exciting thing that happened was the field trip to Sylvania...Read More
This week our class explored tray sweeping ants in practical life! We also added the numerical rods to our math area, giving the students opportunities for movement and exploration of length, along with 1-1 correspondence and counting. In art, we introduced color blending with chalk to create jack-o-lanterns! With the pleasant fall weather, we explored our...Read More
In Early Childhood West we painted a pumpkin at the Easel and polished gourds for some fun, seasonal work! Tray sweeping was introduced, a more refined area from floor sweeping to practice care of the environment. Students were able to sweep plastic ants! The first water lesson was also shown; sponge squeezing. Students use both...Read More
