A huge thank you to all of the families for the loan of the space heaters to keep us warm while we waited for the new furnace to arrive on Friday!
a wonderfully cozy electric fireplace
I got little frog stickers to go in the center of our cards for
Jump One...
they are perfect!
we begin the 2023 Calendar project
first step... carefully writing in all the month names and dates
in preparation for our Aesop's Fables & Puppetry Class Play next month, the Pterodactyls inventory my wool felt finger puppets
during indoor recess, the Plastic Utensils play "Art Class"
in our study of Mary Blair, the children first make concept art for books they have read or heard, and then translate those drawings into paintings
painting above, drawing below
here's another idea for the White Rabbit
in the "Art Class" game, they come up with a recipe for Mock Turtle soup:
pot, water, sprinkle of beauty, carrot, celery, turtle
the Decimal Fraction Board and Decimal Fraction Exercise
Board Game Tuesday
the Pterodactyls have been given the job of smashing all of the pumpkins
we are hopeful that some volunteer pumpkins might sprout in the Mulch Mountain next year
this is a job they take to with much glee
hmmm... how about if we smash them with a brick?
we really enjoy the illustrations in the other version of
A Million Dots
this one is by Sven Völker
and the number of dots in the illustration doubles each time
I like that there's a number sentence on the left and the sum is also written out in its full form on the right
the children love that this book goes PAST a million!
and the fold-out pages are very cool
Multiplication Mosaic #19
with the Mortensen material
solving for the missing factor
4 how many times is 12?
they each take a problem and then share the answers with the group
it takes two days to solve all the problems, then the two factors are used in a coordinate grid
fill in each square with the indicated color and a picture will form!
the Checkerboard is a more advanced multiplication material and can be used with multiplicands up to the millions place and multipliers up to the thousands place!
playing with the caravan during indoor recess
a mama cat, Apricot, is born!
next this student will knit a little purple kitten (to be named Plum)
"Kissing Balloons" in Science Club
the children name them Romeo and Juliet because we just can't keep them apart
more fun with Bernoulli!
after each experiment they take notes in their Science Club notebooks
the Long Division Material
aka the Racks & Tubes (or Test Tube Division)
stuffed animal patterns are best for beginning knitters
they are easy, fun, adorable, and can be made in any size and color!
the Kitten
the Turtle
the Lamb
I find something new to add to the Dangling Modifiers list I keep going at all times (he fights himself?)
we will have a Grammar block in March so this will really come in handy!
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