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
Math/Science: Math Games
Today we kept it light with some math games – Sleeping Queens, Zeus on the Loose, and Sushi Go. More to come!
STEM: Tin Foil Boats
Today we built boats out of tin foil. The goal was to build a boat that would hold the most pennies. The group was split into three smaller groups and each had a roll of aluminum foil. They could create
Science/Math: Over and Under the Snow
Hibernation was our theme this week. We read the book “Over and Under the Snow” by Kate Messner. We decided to go with the bear theme and learned about how bears are omnivores similar to humans. We discussed what things bears
Art/Drama: Bloody Murder & Clay
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Writing Workshop: Starting in the Action
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Art: Three Sisters Garden
This week we listened to Giving Thanks A Native American Good Morning Message (https://youtu.be/PE2YHTSQVgY, if you’d also like to listen.) We introduced the Three Sisters Garden and then made creations with pumpkin, bean, and corn seeds.
Math/Science: Lessons from Mother Earth
As Chris mentioned these tiny learners were quite cold. So, I switched gears a bit and decided to keep our lesson indoors. We began with a book “Lessons from Mother Earth” by Elaine McLeod. We discussed how we’ve learned about
Math/Science: Symmetrical Self-Portraits
We continued our symmetry exploration with symmetrical self portraits. There was a whoooole interesting range of reactions to this activity! We are looking forward to returning after break with some math games.