Happy Spring! The children were busy with their work this week. Geography puzzles, working on Alphabet and phonogram books and our new hammering activity kept them busy. Our hammering activity allows them to make different pictures by hammering shapes into a cork board. It has been a lot of fun and is great for fine […]
Early in the week we were scientists and inspected different fruits. With our observations we were able to answer some question like:“Where are the seeds located in the fruit, on the outside or inside?”“How big are the seeds?”“How do the seeds look/feel?”“How and where does this fruit grow?”This experiment came with the added bonus of […]
Although it is time to take bird feeders down, please continue to send in your bird sightings from around your house, around town, etc. Our bird chart is filling up, with many chickadees and crows spotted. We’ve also had sightings of a cardinal, junco, and some bluejays and wild turkeys. It will be interesting to […]
We started this week learning about our last animal class…arthropods! We played a game with animal cards where we sorted insects into one category and all other arthropods into another category. We learned how to identify an insect by looking for 3 body parts and 6 legs. We read some great books about other arthropods […]