Our February had some rather unusual weather and the children have noticed all of the rapid changes. One day it is very cold and then a few days later it is very hot. But, the one thing that the children have truly noticed is that spring is on its way even if the groundhog said six more weeks of ...
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January was a busy month for our students. They returned to school from their holiday break with a lot of excitement and eagerness to get started again with working in the classroom. Many of the students are working very hard with their math skills. These included wonderful lessons for ...
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What a joyous and busy month we had in December! The children enjoyed learning about Hanukkah and the miracle of lights with the lighting of the menorah, playing the dreidel game and exchanging coins, and listening to our Hanukkah stories. The children worked very hard to prepare for the ...
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All the students are enjoying this nice stretch of good weather and the children love talking about all the beautiful colors of the leaves. This is a great time of the year to go on a short nature walk in your backyard, around the neighborhood, or even in a local park. See if your children ...
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October was a very busy month filled with so many exciting events. Our fall season allowed our students to truly enjoy the discovery of how the leaves change colors and the welcoming of the cooler weather. We also celebrated a variety of special events and holidays at school. Special Events and ...
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The children are truly beginning to settle into the class routine by working with a variety of new and reviewing lessons each day. They are taking on more and more responsibilities for both caring for themselves and their environment. Classroom Jobs Each of the older children chose a few ...
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Word awareness is the understanding that a phrase or sentence is made up of individual words. It’s also the ability to manipulate words in phrases and sentences which includes playing with compound words.  Word awareness is the most basic level of phonological awareness and seems incredibly ...
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The Alphabetic Principle is the concept that letters are used to represent individual phonemes in spoken words. We want our children to understand there is a systematic relationship between speech sounds and printed letters. The two important foundations of the alphabetic principle are Letter ...
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