The Longest Night
As the winter solstice approaches, the days are getting shorter and colder. We turned off the lights and used a flashlight to shine through the pages of a story to see where different animals go in the winter. We introduced the shadow puppet theater then Monday students drew, cut out, and attached their own shadow […]
Snowy Quarantine
Our week at home while we awaited test results was busy with remote learning. We had fun singing songs and reading stories on our morning zooms, then using those stories to do activities throughout each day. Monday we read The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett, which initiated some gingerbread baby creation activities. Some families made […]
Creation
Stacey Zemla, a parent and art teacher at WMRHS, introduced an ornament art project to Monday students. She gave each child an ornament outline for them to draw on with black pastel. The plan was for their artwork to be turned into a wooden ornament cut by a saw that reads the pixels, cutting away […]
Gratitude
Thanksgiving week is typically a time when we give a little more thought to the many things we are thankful for, but we encourage the Sunnybrook students to regularly consider and express gratitude for what we have. Science has shown both physical and mental health benefits for those who cultivate gratitude in their daily lives. […]