Looking Back to Begin Anew

How fortunate we are to have had some vacation time over the last week.  Spring Break is always refreshing as the days are brighter, the air is warmer, and the flowers are blooming!  As we approach the end of our vacation week, I took the opportunity to look back on our photos from before the break.  It is an ideal chance to jog one's memory while revealing a path forward.

Symbolizing verb labels...

…and recording them on paper.

Carefully practicing writing techniques with the Metal Insets.

Understanding place value.

Learning about the decimal system and how many tens are in one hundred.

Division with the Stamp Game.

Examining rocks.

Visual discrimination of size with the Knobless Cylinders.

Exploring with Superimposed Geometric Figures (squares only).

Sorting images of animals:  Herbivore, Carnivore, or Omnivore.

More division with the Stamp Game.

Carefully comparing the Brown Stair and the Pink Tower.

Sequencing and number symbol recognition with the Math Step Board.

It is with a great sense of accomplishment that the children make these discoveries!

"Oh wow!  The triangles made a rectangle!" with the Constructive Triangles.

Building writing confidence with the 'Wet, Dry, Try' method.

Tracing over a map of Africa...

…coloring in the countries...

…and admiring one's work.  It looks so colorful and lively in the window!

Transferring water with a baster.

Symbolizing verb/adverb phrases.

'Shading' with the Metal Insets.

Creative exploration and careful work with the Sensorial materials.

Learning to fold cloths on the lines.

"This on is the isthmus," with the Land and Water Forms.

Looking forward to our return on Monday.  Stay tuned for some pictures of the latest shelves - gold for the number ten!  

"Practice Makes Progress"

Thanks to our classroom assistant who has been been helping us remember this important aphorism:  Practice makes progress.  What wise words to encourage our students (and ourselves)!  I think the children must be hearing this message based on the images captured over the last two weeks:

Learning about prepositions.

Introduction to the function of the verb.

Just showing some love…! :-)

Carefully and attentively coloring a Map of the World.

Transferring water beads with a ladle.

Lining up the Brown Stair prisms.

Reading and reviewing our Peacemaker Cards.

Multiplication with Bead Bars.

Setting up the Red Rods to walk through the maze without touching the edges.

Counting out the Decimal System with golden beads.

Reading practice with three-part cards.

Taking care of classroom plants.

Enjoying the sounds of the Melody Harp.

"One ten and six units, sixteen," with the Teen Bead Hanger.

Learning shapes and preparing the hand for writing - Geometric Demonstration Tray.

Laying out the Numerals and Counters and learning about odd and even numbers.

Cutting and arranging flowers for the classroom.

Each place is so carefully filled with colored water using the dropper.

A sure sign of spring - enjoying an art activity with pussy willows.

Careful work with the Pink Tower.

Spindle Box:  Counting out and placing the spindles in to their corresponding compartments.

Putting together Logical Adjective pairs.

Understanding place value.

Memorization of addition math facts.

Practicing subtraction facts with the Negative Strip Board.

Putting together Logical Adverb pairs.

More subtraction practice.

Design work with the Metal Insets.