dragon bread time!
older friends helping younger
forming the bread dough into a dragon shape
and decorating it with currants and sliced almonds
our beautiful piece of sprinkle-dyed felt
dragon finger puppet pattern
playing Jump the River
Ms. Anna helps sew up dragon finger puppets
yummy golden bread
now the tubes are dragon wings!
knitted kitties are being finished
happy birthday!
after the kittie comes the knitted chicken
taking notes on the Grand Canyon book
by Jason Chin
working on the Hundred Board
with the Hundred Board Activity Set cards
our colored water model of an Estuary
our hike up the Inspiration Point Trail to view the
Mississippi River Basin
our display of Landforms & Water Features cards
is almost full!
a mixture of fine sand and iron filings
in Science Club
separated with a magnet wrapped in plastic wrap
building our Volcano model
our new baby bunny, Chia
just five weeks old
a handful of cuteness
I mean, what could be cuter than that face????
Zac creates a design with blocks and
then carefully draws in on a piece of paper
this is very Reggio Emilia,
representing an idea in more than one modality
after adding a new block (the green one)
he carefully adds a new line to his drawing
the final drawing
the final design
members of the class are introduced to Chia
we watch her hop around and be adorable
adding artwork to the MLB which shows a River
gradually carving out a Canyon from a Plain
dragon finger puppets continue!
our hike up the Devil's Standtable Nature Trail
to see this interesting Earth Pillar
the layers are all sandstone but the top one (the cap)
has more iron in it, thus the differential weathering
enjoying the Giant City State Park Visitor's Center
beautiful block designs
using our Large Stepped Pyramid Blocks
Miss Ellie visits with a baby squirrel
the children listen carefully as she
explains how a baby squirrel is cared for
shoebox weaving
at last we fill the chalkboard!
we covered 32 Landforms & Water Features
the many beautiful colors in our dyed felt
the Early Childhood group explores the volcano model
made by Science Club children
whoa!!!!!
they are intrigued by the dramatic
baking soda & vinegar reactions
finishing up the MLB before a new block begins
a new math lesson
multiplying on Graph Paper with a two-digit multiplier
this lesson follows the Checker Board
in the progression from concrete to abstract
working together on Word Study
our Art Room is sunny and open
on a beautiful warm day
Script lessons begin
sphere to egg metamorphosis in Clay
this is not as easy as it seems
especially since I didn't give them an egg to look at
the group display of finished eggs
our first lesson in Structured Word Inquiry
< sedimentary >
< metamorphic >
making numbers with the Number Cards
before making the given quantity with the Golden Beads
these cards can be stacked for Standard Notation
or slid apart for Expanded Notation
helping friends sew up and stuff their kitties
helping collect the Golden Bead Material from the "bank"
and arrange it properly by each number card
a conversation ensues
Pronoun Box 2 from the
the task is making and then symbolizing sentences using the
Grammar Stencil and colored pencils
making aluminum foil fish
for the R is for River / N is for Net artwork
River card
Net card
from the set of L M N O P Alphabet Wall Cards
reviewing emblem < u >
and learning emblem < n >
a hike to catch and tag Monarch Butterflies!
no luck but we still had a great time
putting the tag (which is a very small sticker)
on the monarch butterfly
and releasing it to fly to Mexico
Adiós
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