We’ve had a busy week testing. It’s not the most exciting, but students have been taking it seriously and we are impressed with their hard work. 4th years have been practicing paragraph writing using the “burger method.” For our next assignment, students will write about “the best burger in the world.” In order to help brainstorm sensory details,...Read More
The season of Autumn is here! Happy Fall! As we discussed this new season, our science unit reflects leaves and trees. We will be studying the different kinds of leaves, trees, and identifying parts of a leaf and tree. We enjoyed a fall hike this week as well and completed some fun tree rubbings outdoors!...Read More
We have practiced the scientific method and filled the classroom with experiments, became a civilization, started growing food for survival, worked on computer Google Drive licenses, studied the human skeletal system, brought down Mr. Bones from the attic, had Jasmine’s ferret visit, watched a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach molt (fun fact: until their keratin hardens, they turn completely white),...Read More
This week, the toddler classroom worked on a few art projects, story time, and counting. They celebrated the festival of the moon yesterday learning about the Chinese holiday and eating moon cakes.Read More
It was a busy week in Early Childhood! Our sandpaper globe was introduced as well as our colored continent globe. The first puzzle map, the hemisphere map, was demonstrated and introduces the continents and their names. In Sensorial, we began our first special unit – Color! This work encourages students to explore and differentiate between colors, blending colors and shades...Read More
With class in session for a month now, many new units were introduced to the students throughout this week! Each day, the children become more and more acclimated to the classroom environment and continually show a passion for learning. The students were introduced to the following new units: geography, botany, and word study. In geography,...Read More
With class in session for a month now, many new units were introduced to the students throughout this week! Each day, the children become more and more acclimated to the classroom environment and continually show a passion for learning. The students were introduced to the following new units: geography, botany, and word study. In geography,...Read More
Our sensorial shelf looks very colorful as we introduced our first sensorial unit this week on colors! Students identified colors by name, matched colors, and learned about primary and secondary colors. Our blue constructive triangles were also added to the sensorial shelf to explore different size triangles and their relationship to one another. Designs and creations can...Read More
Our classrooms have been showing some normalization and everyone has been getting to the routine of things. We are pleased to see our students working peacefully. This week we have added to our Zoology shelf. We have introduced nomenclature (matching cards) of several invertebrates that the students heard about during the 2nd Great Lesson. The nomenclature...Read More
Our classrooms have been showing some normalization and everyone has been getting to the routine of things. We are pleased to see our students working peacefully. This week we have added to our Zoology shelf. We have introduced nomenclature (matching cards) of several invertebrates that the students heard about during the 2nd Great Lesson. The nomenclature...Read More
