Today we explored perspectives in drawing using the vanishing point. They first drew a dot anywhere on their paper. They then drew straight lines from that dot. Using those lines, they each created a perspective of a setting.The kids got really
Writing Workshop: Persuasive Essays
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Math/Science: More Math Games
Today we continued with math games… Sleeping Queens, Zeus on the Loose, Sushi Go, Tenzies, and Race to the Treasure. I asked them to start with a different game than they played last time, and they rolled with my request
Nature Study: Four Senses Nature Walk
Last week we had a fun exploratory nature walk — we stopped several times and checked our 4 senses (we left out “taste” since we established no one in our group is a wild mushroom or berry expert). In addition to stopping
Art/Drama: Penguin Problems
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STEM: Pascal’s Triangle
We had some fun yesterday with Pascal’s triangle and finding patterns. All of the kids seemed to catch on to the patterning and then predicting what would be in the empty boxes. So then we messed with it and changed
Gym: Getting Out Some Energy
Our gym class began with a game of bean bag tic tac toe, then we moved over to a warm up where the children stepped on paper plates and would alternate coming down to pick up the plate and continue
Nature Study: Collecting & Owl Pellet
This week, as all weeks, we had a rough plan but the best part was unscripted! The plan was for a nature walk where the kids collected at least 20 items into their own individual bags, then later sorted their items based
Psychology: Personality Type Posters
The class was a continuation in an exploration of personality. Previously, the students took a version of the Myers-Briggs assessment that sorted their personality types into four color-coded groups: blue/hopeless romantics, green/thinkers, orange/risk-takers, gold/givers & rule followers. We opened the
Art: Bear Books & Masks
Continuing the theme of migration (and bears!), we walked out to a cool lean-to in the forest where we read Bear Snores On and sang a song about animals in winter. We then returned to the building to make our