We had a short yet fun week last week. We continued to talk about frogs even though our tadpoles did not make it. I did not dwell on it with the kids but told them exactly what happened. I think we needed more water and fewer frog eggs in our tank. I ... [Read More]

We have been going to school for one hundred days! We enjoyed our day of doing things by tens. I loved seeing them count their show and shares and learn to count by tens through song.  Each child brought ten things, and we had one hundred show and ... [Read More]

Dear Brilliant Butterflies Families, We had a fun and happy week last week celebrating friendship and kindness in our class.  We started the week with decorating our Valentine's envelopes which were displayed in the hallway. We made beaded ... [Read More]

After having a snow day on the actual Ground Hog day, we returned to school and pretended it was Ground Hog Day all over again. We made a ground hog puppet and and two scenes for him to play in. We tried to define what a shadow is and played with ... [Read More]

Hello Brilliant Butterflies Families, We have been having lots of fun at school this week in wrapping up our special unit study on Australia with Lauren (from Sally's class).  Today we started a new unit on Friendship and Kindness.  We started out ... [Read More]

The Meow Cats spent this short week playing in the vet center, reading books about veterinarians, dogs, and cats. We will also talk about animal helpers in the wild. We still need to build our xray machine. If we get some snow on Sunday I'm going to ... [Read More]

Hello Brilliant Butterflies Families, We have been busy continuing to learn about winter and especially focusing on ways that animals adapt to survive the harsh conditions.  We have been reading lots of winter book, and also, are continuing to ... [Read More]

The Meow Cats are about to leave Australia. They have learned about the wombat, the kangaroo, the tasmanian devil, and the echidna. They know what a marsupial is and that most marsupials live in the southern hemisphere. We've looked at the globe, the ... [Read More]

Welcome back from Winter Break! It has been so wonderful getting back together at school, and the children have been having a great time together.  Now if only the weather could warm up a bit, we could be together even more. We have spent our time ... [Read More]

I hope the Meow Cats are having a cozy family day. My own children have been out sledding once, but it is so cold. We spent last week talking a bit about snow and reading stories about snow, snowmen, and winter.  I think The Snowy Day is one of my ... [Read More]