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
After collecting our peace sticks last week, students had the opportunity to paint them. As a community we then put our peace sticks in a bundle and learned that we are stronger when together than we are by ourselves. We continued visual discrimination with our red rods in sensorial, learning the vocabulary of short and long....Read More
We are getting into the swing of things in Upper. This week we studied matter and energy in Science. We also had some fun with water molecules and surface tension last week. In biology students created different “departments” for body systems, worked on the phylogenetic tree of life, and studied kingdoms. In spelling we are working on...Read More
We began our week with a special art and peace project-adding a family picture to the peace corner family book! Students enjoy adding words and pictures around their family so they can enjoy it the rest of the year. We also began our Handwriting Curriculum this week for our kindergartens and younger friends ready for...Read More
The Toddler classroom is always busy, but this week we took our skills and made applesauce. Toddler practiced slicing, stirring and enjoying the applesauce they made.Read More
We are hoping everyone had an eventful, but relaxing Labor Day Weekend. The extra day was well deserved after our two full weeks. The students (and teachers) worked hard. We closed out our Great Lesson stories with The Fifth Great Lesson: How Numbers Began. The students have really enjoyed these stories. They are meant to spark an interest in what was...Read More
We hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day weekend! We continued our fine motor skills this week in Practical Life through our tonging and fine motor baskets. Fine motor baskets include items for the students to manipulate skills such as zipping, snapping, opening/closing, and twisting. Our first dressing frame was added to the classroom to help...Read More
We began our week with new practical life work – opening and closing and tonging one-to-one. We utilized our fine motor skills to transfer along with learning the skills of open, twist, and zip. On the art shelf, we created collages using our torn paper from our work last week. The sensorial curriculum added our...Read More
Happy September Everyone! Our adolescents are fully into the swing of the school year. We are hip-deep in the Reconstruction of the United States after the Civil War. This week’s conversation will be about the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, the Black Codes, military rule in the South, and how the Electoral College works. It’s...Read More
