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Earth Day Expanded

Earth Day Expanded

| April 30, 2018

We spent the week talking about reducing, reusing, and recycling as ways to reduce our carbon footprint and preserve our environment. We also did some non-nature related things.  

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Wrapping Up April

Wrapping Up April

| April 30, 2018

Ms. Lindsay was out of town last week, so the Toddler 2 class had lots of fun with Ms. Katema and Ms. Jay! The week before that, we learned about the letter V.  Our animal for the week was the Lion.  The toddlers also enjoyed doing their Montessori Work Cycle and coloring Earth Day coloring […]

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Spring is here!

Spring is here!

| April 24, 2018

Hi everyone we are currently enjoying our spring weather. Rain and sunshine we still make a way to have a great time. We are currently making fun and cool spring crafts throughout the week, followed by fun activities. Recently we just did two cool earth day crafts. By planting beans and peas in a ziploc […]

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Lizard Love

Lizard Love

| April 23, 2018

For a second week on reptiles and amphibians, we continued our study of the cold blooded creatures that share our planet. We also read tons of great books about reptiles and amphibians and had some interesting discussions where we discussed fun facts about these fascinating creatures. Plus the weather was gorgeous, so we did some […]

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Celebrating the Earth

Celebrating the Earth

| April 20, 2018

CH-2 enjoyed many fun activities this weekend. Some of the challenges the class completed include reviewing our vowels, contients and months of the year. For art the children decorated their own book boxes for all the wonderful stories they will create. In honor of Earth Day this weekend for science day the class started growing […]

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Fun with friends and earth day!

Fun with friends and earth day!

| April 20, 2018

We have had a busy couple of weeks! We have continued to work hard and are doing two letters a week now! We are chugging right along! We always have a good time on music Monday! We love to shake and move with Miss Dani!   We love to use our imagination together! Here we […]

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Ducks And Pineapples

Ducks And Pineapples

| April 17, 2018

The Toddler 2 class had a wonderful week last week!  We learned about words that start with the letter U.  We also learned about ducks.  For our craft, we made handprint pineapples.  Ms. Lindsay will be out of town all next week, but Ms. Jay is very excited about working in the Toddler 2 room […]

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It’s A Bugs Life

It’s A Bugs Life

| April 16, 2018

Last week was filled with fun with projects and science experiments. For art the class created their own stories through writing and pictures in individual story books. On science day the class was able to remove inscects from eggs made of ice. Everyone greatly enjoyed using pippets of warm water to get the bugs out […]

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Cold Blooded Creatures

Cold Blooded Creatures

| April 16, 2018

We started our reptile and amphibian theme this week with lots of fun activities. We began a 3D turtle project that is proving to be a multi-day project. We made reptile coloring books. We made super cool bead snakes that bend and twist. We played in a sand pit with reptiles. A few fun pictures […]

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Hands on Learning

Hands on Learning

| April 9, 2018

This week CH-2 enjoyed many interesting activities and continued to work hard on their challenges. For art the class made flower handprints to celebrate the spring season . On science day the class watched what would happen when pennies are placed in vinegar and baking soda. Finally CH-2 welcomed a new student, Daniel to the […]

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