Today we celebrated Diwali, which is known as the festival of lights, one of the most important Hindu festivals of the year. We want to thank the mothers who celebrated their holiday with the children by telling the children the meaning of Diwali, setting up a table using Diyas (small clay pots that ...
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Thinking of Spring in the Autumn Time!
We want to thank both Mrs. Quinn and Mrs. Kochansky for assisting the students with the spring bulb planting for both Limerick classes. The children truly enjoyed planting and discovered which end of the bulb to plant and which end of the bulb needs to stay up-right. Have you planted any bulbs this ...
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How Long Can a Baby Whale Be?
That depends on what kind of whale it is! The children have been learning about a variety of animals that live in the ocean. They soon discovered that a baby sperm whale can be 13 feet long at birth. "But how long is 13 feet," the children wondered. So, by using their math and artist skills, the ...
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Chess is a Big Success!
The afterschool chess program was a big success! The children seemed to be very excited about learning what each piece on the board could do and how to play the game with a friend. Of course when it was time to end the session all I could hear the children say was “OH NO! Not yet, we still want to ...
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Caring For our Garden
The children have been exploring various needs that plants have in order to grow and how best to care for them both inside our classroom and out in the garden. The children spent a few minutes looking over the garden and discovered that not all of the plants growing in the patches were supposed to ...
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What is a Bird?
Ask any students in our class this question and the answers will vary from a simple answer like it’s an animal that flies, it has a nest and it comes from an egg. Or the older student tell you that a bird is a very complex creature and share more information like what it eats, where it lives and how ...
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Our Room Mothers
I would like to thank our two wonderful room mothers (Mrs. Quinn and Mrs. Kochansky) who volunteered to help out our class with all of our holiday activities throughout the year. If you have any ideas of other exciting activities that you would like to share with us please e-mail Ms. Phelen ...
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Our First Few Weeks Of School
We have been reviewing a lot of lessons in our class that help the children develop independence and freedom of choice. These are very important lessons that will become everlasting as the children grow and experience in different learning environments throughout their life time. Some of these ...
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