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Practical Life – Food Works

February 28, 2016 By Blair Yohannan

What a great week we had at Children’s House! In Practical Life we put out some new food works that the student’s couldn’t get their hands on fast enough! First was the trail mix work where the students counted out ten of three different items and then mixed them together and enjoyed! This will be fun to Food workschange out the food and keep it interesting for the children. We also put out cinnamon toast work which isolates the skills of cutting, spreading and pinching cinnamon with their pincer grip, the way they hold a pencil. One of my favorite aspects of our classroom will always be watching the children serve the food to their friends. It’s such a great opportunity to promote kindness, sharing, and peer interaction.

The students are working through the curriculum as we guide them towards new lessons. The children will repeat lessons or work choices until they have reached mastery. In many cases they cannot move forward if certain skills are not mastered such as number and letter recognition in math and language. If you see your child bringing home the same or similar works over and over, understand that this is part of the process towards mastering the lesson. We will continue to follow the child and challenge them to try new lessons as they become successful. Thank you so much for trusting us to provide the very best for your children.

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Culture of Kindness

February 21, 2016 By Blair Yohannan

Letters in the sandWhat a short week we had at Children’s House! Between the observance of President’s Day and the inclement weather, our week was greatly shortened. Even with the reduced time in the classroom, everyone w as busy at work receiving new lessons, finishing math booklets, and completing journal entries.

The progress the teachers are seeing in the students in all areas of their development is truly exciting with many months still left in the school year.Pink Tower

This week during circle time we were all reminded of the culture of kindness we stress in our classroom. We discussed kind words we should use versus unkind we could say to each other. After reading a few books which illustrate disagreements between friends and possible situations students could find themselves in, we role-played situations where we could make kind choices in regards to relationships between friends. Our hope is that these exercises assist the students in their interactions between friends in the classroom.

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Kindergarten Time – Animals

February 14, 2016 By Blair Yohannan

Kindergarten - AnimalsDuring Kindergarten time we dove deeper into what animals do during the winter. The vocabulary words we used were hibernation, migration and adaptation. After discussing these three terms, the students sorted animals on a chart. We read a story about animals in winter and answered comprehension questions. Each student also wrote a story about an animal and what they do during the cold winter. We took this time to discuss text and illustration relationships.

For example, if the story said, ”Birds migrate in the winter,” the illustration should not show a bear in a cave. The illustration should match the words. At this point in the year, I am looking for the Kindergarten students to sound out their words independently. They should also be writing with capital and lowercase letters when appropriate. While this is a transition for many of the Kindergarteners, it is an important skill for them to develop.

Filed Under: CHE Blog, Uncategorized Tagged With: animals, Kindergarten, writing

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