Penguin Science

Hi everyone! When we came back from our winter break, we "dove" right into penguin studies.  This is a "all inclusive" study as we are using penguins to learn more about reading, writing, researching,  mathematical concepts  (such as measurement, data collection, temperature, addition, subtraction) geography and weather.  Being able to learn about one topic from many disciplines adds depth of knowledge and helps the brain turn neural circuits (concepts) into into neural networks ( language).  The more neural networks we gain as learners, the easier it is to learn new concepts in the future.

Here are some pictures of our shared research.  We are also viewing many ideas about penguins - many scientists have recorded penguin antics.  We have also kept a science notebook with our written learnings about penguins.  Much opportunity for reading, writing, and calculating everyday! Soon will be puppet making and sculpting!

December 2019

Hi everyone!
This post is woefully overdue, but I did not want to neglect December!
We spent this month learning more about Fairy Tales together.  We read, listened, viewed, spoke, drew, wrote and created ideas about these fairy tales:
Goldilocks, Red Riding Hood , Jack and the Beanstalk, The Frog Prince, and The Gingerbread Man.  We compared the Fairy Tales to determine what they had in common to decide if there were some things the same about all fairy tales. 
Your children had a great time learning about some new and familiar stories.  I hope they were able to show you all the great projects they made!

In these pictures we were creating pop-up scenes from Jack in the Beanstalk!

In math, we learned more about fact families - which help us understand how addition and subtraction relate to each other. As we move forward into adding and subtracting larger numbers, this becomes and important concept to understand.

The week before break was pretty high energy and exciting - we heard many versions of the Gingerbread Man - then we were able to decorate our own gingerbread man!  YUM YUM!  A huge thanks to all of the parents who donated supplies and helped out with the decorating!

Here's hoping you had a lovely, restful break - Happy New Year!