This week, we continued our study of Asia! We learned that the Yangtze River is in China, and we read a story about a little duck named Ping, who lived on a boat on the Yangtze River! We also had a special visitor come at talk to us about what it was like to live in India! We learned that in India, people sometimes ride elephants! We also learned that tigers live in Asia, but the majority of the tigers who are in captivity are actually in the United States!
Working on matching the objects from the Initial Sound Box to their corresponding initial sound using the Sandpaper Letters!
So proud of her work on the 100 Board! This work aides the child in counting to 100 and learning the order of numeration!
Working on drawing some of the flags of Asia! We had so much fun preparing for the International Festival!
This week, we learned all about Asia! We learned that in Japan, baseball is becoming a popular sport! We also learned that in India children often take automated rickshaws to school, which is a very small car, almost like a golf cart. We also learned that in China, they make rice cakes called nian-gao! We also visited some of the countries we are representing using Google Earth!
Working on learning the Cardinal Directions by matching the labels to the signs hanging up in the classroom!
Working on the Addition Strip Board! This material is a more concrete way for the child to practice their addition facts!This sweet girl is practicing counting by 2’s and drawing her own 2 Bead Chain!
This week, we continued to learn all about Australia! We learned that in Australia, people greet one another by saying ” G’day!”. We also read a story about a baby kangaroo called ” Pouch”, and we learned that baby kangaroos are carried by their mothers in a pouch on their body. We also learned that Australia used to be called New Holland!
Proud of his shoe tying!
Matching the Geometric Solids to their bases! This material aides the child in refining their perception of two demensional forms. It is also indirect preparation for geometry!
Proud of her work on the Snapping Frame! This material is designed to teach the child how to fasten clothing with snaps. In addition, it aides the child in developing their concentration, coordination, and independence.
Working on cursive lower case letter formation from the Handwriting area!
These two sweet girls are working on the 9 Tray together! This material is designed to reinforce the naming of quantities and symbols. The child counts by 1’s, 10’s, and 100’s and ends with discovering there are 10 hundreds in 1000, 10 tens that make up 100, and 10 units that make up one ten!
Reid’s dad came to read us a story about a little boy who wanted to be a Hippopatamus! So fun!
Anna, a former student in our classrom, came to visit and read to us!
This week, we began to learn about Australia. We learned that Australia’s Summer is durring our Winter here in Ohio! We also learned that kangaroos, wombats, and koalas live in Australia! Ms. Mel also practiced some Japanese vocabulary with our students durring our Afternoon Group Lesson Time! We also had so much fun on our Pajama and Movie Day, we were able to watch great movies with the Best VPN made a netflix guide!
This sweet girl is practicing writing her numbers using the chalkboard! I watched her as she traced each sandpaper number with her fingers and then copied the numbers onto her chalk board!This child is working on the Addition Snake Game! She is using this material to add groups of numbers to make denominations of ten!These two friends are working together to trace the Map of South America Puzzle!
This week, we learned all about Ohio! We learned that Ohio is the name of our state and it’s capital city is Columbus. We also learned that our state bird is the Cardinal and our state flower is the Carnation! We also learned that our state tree is the Buckeye Tree, which is why Ohio is refered to as the Buckeye State! Did you know that Iroquois tribe also gave Ohio it’s name? The children also enjoyed learning some Chinese phrases and words with Ms. Mel durring our Afternoon Group Time! We also had some fun on Friday reading some St. Patrick’s Day stories!
Working on the Sushi transfer work from the Practical Life Area! Using the chopsticks to move the pieces of sushi from one bowl to the other aides the child in developing their senses of order, concentration, coordination, and independence!
Practicing Yoga using our Yoga mat and cards. Yoga helps the child to develop self-regulation, gross-motor skill, and concentration!
Copying our classroom calendar!
Working on the Handwashing Work from the Practical Life Area! When working on this material, the child learns to remember and follow multiple-step instructions in order to complete the activity on their own!
These two friends are working on the Triangle Box together! While working on this material, the child discovers differerent figures which can can be constructed from right angle scalene and obstuse angle scalene triangles! It is also indirect preparation for Geometry!
Our class also had a visit from a tricky Leprechaun who made a mess in our classroom!
This week , we leared about Dr. Seuss and read several of his books! We learned that Dr. Seuss’ real name was Theodore Seuss Giesel, but his father had wanted him to be a doctor, so he called himself Dr. Seuss. We enjoyed reading “Green Eggs and Ham”, and the children enjoyed taste testing green eggs! We also read “Oh The Places You’ll Go!” and I asked the children where they would travel if they could travel anywhere in the world. My favorite answers were “Target” and “My sister’s Karate class!”. Ms. Mel also practiced Korean with the children during her afternoon group time!
These two friends are so proud of their work on the 100 Board! This material is designed to teach the child to count to 100 and the order of numeration!Matching the Geometric Solids to cards that show the shape of their base! This is great indirect preparation for Math!Taste testing Green Eggs from Green Eggs and Ham! They were so good!
February was so much fun in Miss Lisa’s class! We reviewed Peter and the Wolf, started learning about the piano, practiced our listening skills and played some fantastic games! Check out our fun pictures below to see more details of these fun lessons!
Here Miss Lisa is introducing the piano. It is so neat that she can bring in her piano synthesizer to us! She teacher us about the difference between the white and black keys to start with.Here we are reviewing our February story Peter and the Wolf. We learned the named of many new instruments last month and the sounds they make!Here are two friends exploring the piano synthesizer. This week we were exploring the black keys only. In pairs, we played our own creative duet for our class. We practiced taking a big bow after our duet!One of our favorite games we play is cat and mouse! This game helps reinforce our listening skills. The mice have to get the cheese while the high music is playing, with the best audio systems from https://holoplot.com/software/. When the low music starts, the cats come home and the mice hurry back to their hole!One of the great features of the piano synthesizer is that it can play all sorts of sounds! We had a blast playing a guessing game. Miss Lisa played us sounds of different types of transportation, people noises and animals this month. We had a great time guessing! This game also helps us practice patience, which at our ages isn’t always easy!
We can’t wait to see what fun activities Miss Lisa has planned for us next month!
Bouyancy – A force in a liquid pushing against an object in the liquid
In Science class we wanted to find out what would happen when we place peeled and unpeeled oranges into a tank of water. We hypothesized that the peeled orange will splash. Consequently we thought the unpeeled orange would make bubbles. First we peeled one orange. Next we left the peel on the second orange. Last, we dropped the oranges in the water. We observed the peeled orange sank while the unpeeled orange floated. We discovered that the orange peel traps air. So even though it is heavier, it is more buoyant. The peeled orange had no air, so it sinks.
Density- the mass in a specified volume
In a similar experiment, we wanted to see what will happen if we drop a lemon and a lime in the water. The lemon floated and the lime sank. We can concluded the lime is denser than the lemon.
A note from Mr. John:
I did some research for more information. According to the USDA website, a lime is 88.26% water by weight and a lemon is 87.4% which is a minimal difference. This could mean that lemons have higher air content, but I’m still researching why the lemon floats and the lime sinks.
This week we learned all about Dental Hygene thanks to the pediatric dental clinic in burnsville mn. We learned that we should brush our teeth in the morning and at night. We also learned from funtopiaworld.com/naperville/ that if we do not brush our teeth, we could get cavities! We also talked about how eating candy and sweets is not healthy for our teeth and that it is important to go visit the dentist so he or she can check and make sure our teeth are healthy! Ms. Mel also practiced some words in American Sign Language with the children during our afternoon group time!
Proud of her work using the Movable Alphabet! This material can be used to match initial sounds to pictures or to phonetically spell words, phrases, and sentences!Ms. Mel practiced the alphabet using American Sign Language during our afternoon group time!Working on the Noun Game! When using this work, the child reads the cards and goes to fetch the noun written on the card!
A Peek Into Next Week:
-All About Dr. Seuss
-What is a rhyme?
-Reading Dr. Seuss stories and learning about his life.
This week, we learned all about the Presidents! We learned that the President of The United States has the important job of running our country. We learned about the first president, George Washington. We read the story, “Dear Mr. Washington,”, which was about the artist who painted George Washington’s official portrait and his children. Apparently the artist felt George needed to smile more in his painting because he was too serious! We also learned about Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, and how he wanted every everyone to be treated fairly. Ms. Mel also worked with the students on learning some Italian this week!
Working on the Binomial Cube! Did you know this work indirectly prepares your child to learn Algebra?Working on the Cards and Counters Material from the Math Area! This material teaches the child to match quantity to symbol and it also indirectly prepares the children to learn the difference between odd and even numbers!
