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"O" is for OMELET!

Last week, the pre-school had"O is for Omelet" day! The kids got to help make their very own omelets at school. I think these pictures speak for themselves......

YAY for OMELETS!!!!!!

It's Pre-School Time!

We have such a wonderful pre-school program here at Heritage Foundation School! We teach our young children using the Montessori Method. This method uses a hands on learning environment where the children are given opportunities to learn from the many works that they are introduced to. They are given a presentation of each work in a group,or on an individual basis and then they are allowed to do that work by themselves. This helps to builds their self confidence, fine and large motor skills, eye hand coordination – it also prepares them for reading, writing plus many other life and social skills.

In "Practical life" learning at pre-school, the kids are learning about water transfer, scooping sand through a funnel into animal shaped bottles. How to set a table, how to sew on a button, cutting yarn, slicing bread and sharing with others (grace and courtesy). Washing and slicing an apple and sharing with others.

Here are some of the Art projects the children have been working on:
Play dough, using the shape of a triangle to sponge paint a Christmas tree, and a circle to sponge paint a Christmas wreath.
Color wheel: red, yellow and blue food dye to mix and make the colors of the rainbow. Stringing colorful beads onto pipe cleaners for bracelets.

Sewing Buttons: The children are learning how to use a needle and yarn to sew a large button on to fabric!

Each day the students gather for line time. We sing, have prayer and repeat the pledge of allegiance. This is also a time that the teachers can do a group presentation. This week Miss Amanda brought her harp, talked about it and played silent night on it for us. She then allowed it to be a work for the day and the children had a chance to play it. We also had a flannel board story of the baby Jesus and that will be a work for the remainder of the month. We did special birthday celebration for Thomas yesterday. We also got out some of our percussion instruments and played them as we sang Jingle Bells. On Thursday Miss Amanda is bringing her guitar to play and for us to sing along.

Each day before break everyone has a service that they do for the class room.
Some of the are:
Vacuuming, dusting, spraying and wiping tables, cleaning the water mats, moping the floor, washing and drying the dishes, watering the plants, wiping and putting the chairs in place, cleaning the door knobs and sink. The children really seem to love this time of day. Then they get to go outside. Each day they have a snack of which they serve themselves and clean up after they are finished.

2010 THANKSGIVING LUNCH AT SCHOOL. Thanks to all those who help make our annual Thanksgiving lunch a success!

Here is the pre-school enjoying lunch in the classroom! YUMMMMMM

FIELD TRIP!!!!

We are going on a field trip to The Old Barn Theater to see the “Christmas Carol”!

We are leaving at 6:30 pm on Wednesday December 1, 2010. Plan on meeting at the school at 6:15 pm. We will be dropping children off at their homes when the play is over. Expect it to be around 10 or 10:30 pm. We do need parents to drive as well.

"Learning takes place when there is a desire to know, an environment that is conducive for the learning to take place, and ownership to the learning. This is what we desire for our classroom."

Mrs. Jensen's class keeps busy in the morning with their Montessori works that are located all around the class room .

The girls are discovering different land formation by creating them with sand and water.


Sometimes we serve others by helping them, which reinforces the skill already possessed by one, but makes learning fun. The girls below learn to count by fives using the hundred board and touching each number as it is said.



















Let’s read and write! In the pictures below, the girls are working on a story. They need not stop because the clock says, so they continue to write to their hearts content. The boys are reading a Magic Tree House book together. The only thing better than reading a good book, is to share one with a friend.

Mrs Jensen's class made their own Roman Signums.

They learned about this in their history study. The Romans used their Signums in battle, and also as a symbol of honor.

Here is a glimps into Mrs. Capener's class. Below she explaines what her class has been up to the past few weeks......

" In History we have been learning about Justinian and Theodora in the Byzantine Empire. Theodora was a circus performer before she met Justinian. She became a Christian because she wanted a different kind of life. She was a famous actress and helped her husband remain emperor by convincing him not to run away but to stay and fight.

They built the beautiful Haggia Sophia; a place that had golden mosaic walls, that was later destroyed by riots. So we built our own mosaics using bits of tile, beans, and glass beads. A mosaic is a picture made by arranging little colored pieces, called tesserae, into a pattern.

The Code of Justinian was a set of laws that helped him rule his house. Things like anyone could go to the beach. He used helpers to write his laws.

2 Weeks ago we made our own laws and wrote our own scripture using feather quills. These are hanging on our bullliten board outside our room."

November

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Anna Palfreyman

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