TEAM WORK One of the great things about coming to Kidspace is the opportunity to be involved in cooperative projects. Lets take a look at some great examples of children in the Bluebird class working together to accomplish goals: During our morning “tub time,” the Bluebirds spend time building stick structures… …
“When life hands you lemons, make lemonade! If life hands me lemons I’ll squeeze them good and hard. Then add some sugar, stir it up and sell it from our yard.” From the book: My Momma Likes to Say by Denise Brennan-Nelson One of our Robin friends brought this book to share with …
This week in the Robins class was all about Valentine’s Day, hearts, love, & kindness. Take a look! One of our primary objectives in our classroom is to build a caring community of learners. We thought Valentine’s Day would be a great time to discuss what it means to be caring. We started …
K is for Key Lime Pie Well at least that’s the case for this cooking Friday. The Robins also thought of other words that begin with the letter K: Keys, Katie, Koriylnn, Kadence, Kangaroo, Ketchup, and Kidney beans. So, for cooking Friday, the Robins made individual Key lime pies. …
You can’t catch me…I’m the Gingerbread Man! As you may know, the Robins class has been ALL about gingerbread the last couple of weeks. We’ve read several different versions of the story and incorporated the theme into all different types of learning. …
Hello! This week in the Robins class was all about the letter “K” and gingerbread men. Take a look! The letter of the week was “K” for kangaroo & kite. …
Today we celebrated the letter “J” by making jam and having fun with one of our favorite pieces of rhyming literature all about jam. Here’s just a little piece of it. JAMBERRY By Bruce Degen One berry Two berry Pick me a strawberry Hatberry Shoeberry In my canoeberry Under the bridge and …
Hello again! The last couple of weeks in the Robins’ class has been all about exploring winter, snowmen, & snow… Take a look! Insta-snow in the sensory table… …
Balancing Act! In November and December the Bluebirds have been learning to balance in various ways. Let’s take a look at what we been learning at gymnastics: Rope swinging encourages the children to develop strong muscles, learn balance skills, and become accustomed to heights. …
This week’s cooking is all about the letter “H” Have you ever made homemade Hummus? Making homemade hummus was the food challenge for our class this week. Below is the recipe we used. Try it at home. 1 16 oz. can of chickpeas 1/4 cup liquid from the can of chickpeas 3-5 tablespoons of …
Twice a week we’re in the middle room and get to play in the sandbox and use the touch tub as part of center explorations. Both are popular activities and provide many learning opportunities for the children. The students work on math skills as they pour, scoop, and measure the “sand” or whatever …
This week with the Robins was full of holiday fun…take a look! We worked on our monthly drawing for December. This month we drew trees… …