“The wind it whooshed, the snow it whirled/ / Bare trees shook like chilly bones./ Children grumbled in their homes.” Sound familiar? We had the cure for the winter blues though…On Tuesday Magda came to read a story called, “Sun Bread” about a baker who bakes sun-shaped loaves of bread to brighten up the town […]
Week of January 16th
We had a great week investigating the sense of touch. The students felt the different textures of feathers, sand, salt, rice, sandpaper, cotton balls and paper and then pasted them to make beautiful touch collages. At circle we looked at “Vase with 12 Sunflowers” by Vincent Van Gogh and read a bit about the artist. […]
Our first Show and Tell went great and it was neat to see the different objects the children selected to demonstrate the five senses. If your child did not bring anything on Thursday, they are still welcomed to bring in a “five senses item” to share at circle. On Tuesday we did a tasting jar […]
Happy New Year! The children returned well-rested and eager to get back to work. We had many students busy building and writing words, working with the Bead Material, Chains, Sensorial Extensions, puzzles and Practical Life activities. We had been so busy practicing our Winter Celebration songs during December we didn’t have much time for other […]