Just Glimpses

We've been busy with a wave of new lessons happening in the classroom.  I also noticed  the revisiting of several materials that have not been used in a while.  Here are some glimpses of of classroom life from this past week:

Number writing practice on the chalkboard.

Visual discrimination of size with the Knobless Cylinders.

Working with the Trinomial Cube.

Decimal System counting with the Golden Beads.

This child is building with the Brown Stair blindfolded.

A variation of the Binomial Cube - building outside of the box.

Feeling varying weights with the Baric Tablets.

Static Addition with the Golden Beads.

Months of the Year.

Fine motor development.

Multiplication facts with the Multiplication Bead Board.

Tracing the Botany Cabinet shapes.

Counting by tens with the Tens Boards.

During circle time, we wrote these lists of Living and Non-Living items based on the lesson found on the shelf.  Afterwards, several students set up the work at a tray-table and proceeded to write a list for themselves.

Transferring practice with some small, fish-shaped, colorful erasers.

Outdoor Loom

A couple of weekends ago, I was busy in our play yard putting together a project I've had in mind for some time.  The weather has been warming up, the buds are blossoming, and the wild forget-me-nots and dandelions bring delight to the children running in the field.  It is the perfect time of year for an outdoor loom where the children can display their treasured finds from nature:

Built with branches and twine between two trees...

Working together...

Only the beginning...

I look forward to watching the children work together on our outdoor loom!

Still Here!

I realize I've been a bit sporadic with the camera lately - we've had many activities happening in the classroom and sometimes it's just hard getting to the camera.  Earlier this week, we were busy making muffins and fruit kebobs to host mothers for 'Muffins for Mom,' which took place later in the week.  It is hard to believe we are now in the home stretch of the school year!  Here are some photos from this week:

Making muffins for our 'Muffins for Mom' event.

Shades of pink with the Third Color Tablet Box.

Addition Facts with Addition Chart III.

A variation with the Solid Cylinders.

Writing practice - Months of the Year

Building words with the Small Moveable Alphabets.

Matching number symbol to the word and recording the work on paper.

Counting a ten bead bar with a unit bead.

Writing practice with Metal Insets.

This student  decided to dew a flag of Japan using the materials in our Sewing Drawers.

Making a collage from paper cutting strips.

Decimal System Cards and Golden Beads

Numbers 11-19 with the Teen Beads.

'Starburst' with the Constructive Triangles (Box C).  This students slid every other triangle saying, "Odd, even, odd, even..." sliding on the even - similar to the Cards and Counters math lesson.

Story writing with the Moveable Alphabet.

Pink Tower/Brown Stair exploration of size and dimension.

Bottle Cap Art

As part of our discussions about Earth Day last week, the children worked together to create a vibrant collage made entirely of plastic bottle caps:

We worked on it each morning...

...and added a bit more each day until...

...it was done!

Here it is out by our cubbies for all to see until we find a more permanent location.

  

Back to the Classroom

We've been busy as ever during our first week back after Spring Break:

Pouring sand with a funnel.

Open-ended art activity with colored stones.

Spooning beans.

Refining the auditory sense:  Sound Cylinders

Reciting from memory and writing the 'Springtime' poem.

Enjoying watercolor painting.

Still having fun with magnets and water!

Subtraction practice with the Stamp Game.

Matching contient cards with the map.

Flag coloring: India

Land, Air, and Water sorting cards.

Exploring shapes with the Constructive Triangles.

Working with the Land and Water Forms:  Lake/Island

Lining up the Brown Stair on the shelf.

Writing practice.

Copy work.

Fine-motor practice:  Transferring with tweezers.

Language:   Matching cards.

Sewing shapes.