Quarks Math Games We started out with 10 sticks each. We found out what “makes 10” by dividing the sticks into two piles and counting them. We then played a form of Bingo-with pennies shaken up in egg cartons with
Talking Fish, Egg Hunt, and Adjective Rainbows
Quarks Writers Workshop We continued our talk on adjectives this week first by reading “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse” stopping in descriptive paragraphs to find the key words. We did our own share-and-tell session describing our brought items with 3 or
Pizza Party, Brown Bears, and The Bear that Wasn't
Quarks Writers Workshop Using the classic book “Brown Bear, Brown Bear” we wrapped up our sequencing series and introduced adjectives. We created a story-telling necklace to help the kids remember the order of animals that appear in the book and
Clay Boats, Maps, Puppets, and Characters
Quarks Drama We’re finding a nice rhythm with our time together…these kids sure are chatterboxes!! In our circle time we played a name game while tossing a puppet to one another, sang our “big stretch” body warm-up song, created shapes
Tongue Twisters, Growing Lines of Paint, and Marble Runs
Quark’s Drama We started off with finding out about how the kids were doing that day….and we found out that birthdays were happening between the kids & parents, Happy Birthday! The kids were able to remember our rhyming names and
Supply Chains, Filmmaking and Red Herrings
The Quarks and the Supply Chain The Quarks learned about Supply chains yesterday morning. We followed a pair of underwear from the factory in China to the port, ocean container, unloading in California, trans-loaded onto rail and taken to a
Muffins, Storyboards, and Puppets
Quarks Writers Workshop, Moose and Muffins In Quarks WW we continued our Laura Numeroff series with “If You Give a Pig a Pancake” and “If you Give a Moose a Muffin.” We cut simple shapes to put together a pig face
Welcome Back and Friend-a-Palooza
NEUTRONS – Instead of art and drama this semester, I am combining both and teaching a moviemaking/animation class. The Neutrons are super excited for this! We started by learning the real basics of animation and how pictures were made to