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Ramps

Children in grades Kindergarten through Second Grade have been exploring ramps in science one afternoon a week.  We started by discussing what a ramp was and what it might be Read More >>

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Little House and maple syrup

Our youngest eight students have been having a wonderful time exploring the time period of pioneers by using Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book Little House in the Big Woods.  We started by Read More >>

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Whole and Part Workshop

It all started with the ubiquitous “is this right?” from many different students.  With that we began a series of mini-classes to teach children how to check their subtraction answers Read More >>

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Cooking with Kathy

A favorite Investigations activity for our students is to cook. Besides honing their cooking skills and working together, students connect their math and science knowledge to real life experiences. But Read More >>

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Fractions with Kathy

Children in Kathy’s fraction class began by reviewing what a fraction is and what its parts represent. We developed our understanding of fractions and equivalent fractions using various tools, such Read More >>

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Brain Bank

Emily, Mira, Dash and Jonah are taking part in a class called Brain Bank. Brain Bank is a reading and writing program with science as the main topic. They take Read More >>

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Math Table

Our oldest two students have been participating in a math table all year where we work on math topics that include adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals, fractions and multi-digit Read More >>

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Fractions

Children in Rebecca’s fraction class started with a quick review of what a fraction is, the parts of a fraction and how to add and subtract fractions with like denominators.  We Read More >>

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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece has been a theme discussed by all of the children recently.  The oldest children started with comparing Greece to Mesopotamia.  They quickly discovered, from the maps we compared, that the Read More >>