What an eventful week with the celebration of the 100th Day of School on Monday and Valentine's Day on Thursday! The children enjoyed our special activities (especially wearing our pajamas on the 100th day of school!) and of course exchanging Valentines. Some photos from the week:
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| Making 100th Day of School necklaces |
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| Memory Game of Numbers with items from around the classroom. Here, the child has counted ten Knobless Cylinders and seven flags. |
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| An extension activity using two blocks of the Solid Cylinders. |
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| Caring for plants. |
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| Pink Tower/Brown Stair exploration. |
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| Painting hearts. |
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| A new gluing activity: Sealing tissue paper squares. |
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| Keeping our floors clean (at least trying to!) with the Floor Scrubbing lesson. |
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| Reading affirmation cards. The child doing this activity wanted to copy them by writing each one down. |
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| Sandpaper Number writing practice. |
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| Map of the World |
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| Feeling differing weights with the Baric Tablets. |
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| Writing practice with on the chalkboard - "Wet, Dry, Try." |
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| Sewing practice with the lesson using the First Box of sewing activities. |
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| Knobless Cylinder extension work. |
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| Listening to the bells. |
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| An older student giving a writing lesson to a younger one. |
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| Table washing. |
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| Making a special a Valentine surprise with colored water... |
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| ...and freezing them to make beautiful Valentine ice sculptures! |
Beautiful! I love everything!!
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Thanks so much. I enjoy reading your posts, too!
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