We began our geography unit, “ME and my place in the World” this week. This unit is introduced at the beginning of the school year and is specifically designed for a child to recognize and explore parts of the human body and understand that he is unique! Works include Skin/Muscle/Bone puzzles and nomenclature, matching, books and booklets. Most importantly, a tiny stone, unique in color and texture, a symbol of the unique child and core of the Geography nesting boxes.
In sensorial, we added our monomial cube which explores spatial awareness; we also introduced a new sensorial unit, Big and Little, allowing the students to visually discriminate size in various objects. On the math shelf, we added the sets basket where students can group like items and label them with the corresponding numeral. We also added the exchange game; this work identifies the categories of the decimal system and teaches the transition at the tenth amount from one category to the next. The Body Sock was added to our Movement shelf to focus on body strengthening and provide proprioceptive and deep pressure input, offering calming and organizing benefits to the student. Stringing and washcloth folding were added to Practical Life.
The Kindergarten students began Peace Pals this week! Our school community K-9 gathers in small groups every second Friday to learn a new lesson taught by the older students. The focus of the lessons include peace, community-building, and personal responsibility.