Child-Led Conferences As we are wrapping up the school year, we have given our students the chance to shine in “Child-Led Conferences.” Throughout the school year, children have been having individual meetings with me to select items for their ongoing portfolio. As each writing unit has concluded, students have self-selected the piece of work they
Field Trip to the All Pro Fitness Center: Last week, our class had the wonderful opportunity to learn a lot of basketball skills from a professional sports trainer. The children started the field trip by learning about the names of the lines on the basketball court. Before long, they were each given a ball to
Garden’s and Ponds and Doughnuts OH MY! We have had such wonderful changes in the young-three’s classroom as of late. Last week our focus was flowers and planting. We planted flowers and learned the parts of a flower last week. We sang the song “flower, stem, leaves and roots” to the tune of “head, shoulders,
Anticipation and excitement filled the room as we prepared for Dads and other special visitors this past week. Children built on their understanding that the written word has purpose when they use it to send a meaningful message. We worked on invitations and a welcome sign for “Donuts with Dads” and our upcoming “Muffins with
We blasted off into Outer Space and had a great time learning all about the planets. You might have noticed the planets “hanging around” the classroom. It was definitely a group effort to get the planets painted and labeled. Visiting the Planetarium at the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center was the perfect ending to
Thank you to all the Dads and special guests who were able to make it to our Donuts with Dad day. The children were so excited to paint a special frame and enjoyed going on a Pirate Picture hunt in the classroom. We also created special finger print cards for our Dads. Please remember Muffins