The EC East classroom began their new Science unit this week, Apples! The students had the opportunity to sort and label different varieties of apples and explore apple nomenclature, writing booklets and puzzles. We even taste tested different apple varieties and voted on our favorite! In Sensorial, students explored our red rods, teaching visual discrimination of...Read More

We are studying the Timeline of Life for History. This unit allows the children an opportunity to focus on a specific Period and/or Era that they find most interesting. They are able to look, draw and read about all that was developed in each one. In addition to the creatures and plants, they are able to...Read More

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