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Math Word Problems

Learning to read word problems for young children has many aspects. We began with the four children by having them recognize possible, impossible or incorrect number sentences such as:  ? + 5 = 7, 7= 5+?, or 5+3 = 7 or 7+2=5.  This was often tricky and took a while for kids to see that Read More >>

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Ancient China for Youngers

We started our Ancient China unit for the youngest students by learning about the Chinese Zodiac and having a New Years celebration at school. Students learned about how the zodiac signs were formed with a folk tale about a race called: Cat and Rat : The legend of the Chinese Zodiac written by Ed Young. Read More >>

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Geography

Students in the youngest group participated in classes to learn about the seven continents. Discussions and activities included information about the earth as a sphere and looking at a “flattened” version of the earth to see the seven continents. We learned a song about the continents and played a game where we went to that Read More >>

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Ancient Egypt Younger Students

This fall students in all grade levels have participated in learning about Ancient Egypt. First as a mixed age group, we discussed what the word ancient means and then had students share what they know about any ancient civilizations. Then in three age groups, we started to delve deeper into Ancient Egypt. In the youngest Read More >>

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Writing Workshop

Children in Kindergarten and First Grade participated in a writing class this spring where they “played” with words and pictures.  They worked on rhyming, fact & opinion and writing descriptive sentences.  Here are some examples of their writing.

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Ten Blue Dots

Some of the youngest students listened to the book Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews. After listening to the book, counting dots and discussing each page, students worked hard on making their own Ten Blue Dots Book.   During each class, students get to work on a page or two by drawing their picture with the dots Read More >>

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Magnets

Over the last few months, all of the kindergarten and first graders have been in a magnet class during Investigations that was a total of five classes. The groups were split up into two groups and they met about once a week. This class was incredibly fun for them because they all love magnets and Read More >>

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Younger Local History

After completing a scavenger hunt in the Syracuse area to find a place from a historic postcard, students had to compare their postcard to the current location.  Using a visual thinking strategy they tried to notice all the similarities and differences between the two time periods.  To share this information with classmates, we had multiple Read More >>

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Systemic Racism

Our children, our students, live in a world that has developed all kinds of media and ways to transmit information, disinformation, ideas, and images.  They hear the media, adults, other peers talking about events and opinions as they move through their days.  Some of these ideas are exciting and innovative, others are darker and disturbing.  Read More >>

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Wildflower Romp

  Our younger students joined other children on a Wildflower Romp at DeWitt Library in early June. They explored the meadow behind the library that is full of many kinds of wildflowers and were encouraged to pick all the flowers they wanted. With an assortment of art supplies available, the children used their flowers to create Read More >>