Today we talked about plants in a very particular context: as crops! I brought some compostable trays with multiple compartments, and these were the “farms” — each of the compartments being a different field. I made up a story about
Weekly Summary: Animal names – Neutrons – Gym
This week the Netrons tested their knowledge of baby animal names, and animal group names. They also demonstrated their teamwork and support for each other, a happy by-product. The planned activity was for each Neutron to match the name of
Weekly Summary: Shadows – Quarks – STEM
What better way to embrace the sunshine than to study shadows today? We started out discussing what we knew about shadows. And low and behold these little smarties knew all the facts I was going to give them. They did
Weekly Summary: Making paddle boats – Electrons and Neutrons – STEM
We took advantage of the beautiful weather to work outside and enjoy some water play, even if contained in a plastic kiddie pool. The Neutrons and Electrons were shown a couple of examples of paddle boats and given access to
Weekly Summary: Soccer and Easter games – Muons – Gym
The start of class was delayed due to passing deer 😉 After a running warm-up, Muons dribbled a soccer ball around cones. Half the class then did a relay with dribbling and passing, the other half opted to just pass
Weekly Summary: Easter Movement – Electrons and Neutrons – Gym
Thanks to the wonderful preparation and printouts by Alison, gym was an Easter-themed blast this week! After a brief warm-up, the kids rotated through stations including “hatching out of the egg” (start in a squat and break the egg shell
Weekly Summary: Comma Rules and Exquisite Corpses – Muons – Writer’s Workshop
It was a soft re-entry into writing workshop after spring break since some folks are a bit behind in their essay writing — no worries! We started a multi-lesson review of the most dastardly piece of punctuation, the comma, as
Weekly Summary: During Art – Quarks – Art
This summary is a bit late, but two weeks ago, we busted out the hammers for some fun with wood cookies and string! Each kiddo drew a simple design on their cookie, marked where each nail would be placed and
Book Report: Pahua moua and the soul stealer
When Pahua goes into the forest she encounters a bridge spirit. The bridge spirit is very lonely. She died when she was eight. When she sees Pahua she wants Pahua to stay with her. But she says no becuase her brother is waiting for her. But when she gets home Auth him the next day he won’t wake up because the bridge spirit has a hold of his shorthand in the spirit realm.
Book Report: Twinchantment
When the first magical attack in years puts their mother’s life in danger, Flissa and Sara have to find the evil mage who cursed the queen before its too late.