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Veterans' Day/Did You Know?
11/04/2009 18:56
November 11 marks a very important day for many. In addition to it being Veterans' Day, it is Qawiyya's birthday! November 11 marks the anniversary of the end of World War I. Did you know that World War I is the only major U.S. war of the 20th century that does not have a...
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Delicious Math!
11/04/2009 18:52
The pre-schoolers enjoyed using grapes to add and subtract. How delicious!
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Letter H/Stopping the Spread of Germs
10/29/2009 17:41
While focusing on the letter Hh this week, the preschoolers enthusiastically sang the song, "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes", in three languages; English, Spanish and French. In addition, they created a list of words that begin with H and practiced writing that letter. To...
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Celebrating Fall!
10/29/2009 17:22
The students are celebrating Fall by creating leaf rubbings and cooking homemade pumpkin pie. Before cutting the pumpkin, they guessed what was inside the pumpin. Once open, the students examined the contents and estimated how many seeds were inside. The first guesses ranged from...
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Pictures from "Creep in the Deep" filed trip via Smilebox
10/23/2009 14:33
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States of Matter for Preschoolers!
10/22/2009 20:52
The pre-schoolers are enjoying learning about the 3 major states of matter. They observed a fishbowl with water and a goldfish and was asked what was inside the bowl and they replied the obvious; a goldfish and water. They were surprised to learn that something else was inside the...
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Analyzing Various Forms of Media---Books vs. Movies
10/18/2009 12:39
After viewing the two movies, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Where the Wild Things Are, we compared the movie version of each with the book version. We noted that, oftentimes, the filmmakers' interpretations delineated from the books and our own...
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Weekly Reader Magazine!
10/14/2009 22:09
The kids are enjoying their new subsciption to the Weekly Reader Magazine. The focus this week was on Civics. According to the magazine, Americans need to "brush up in that area." Did you know that, when polled, few American were able to pass the Citizenship Test? ...
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WWW.OURCOURTS.ORG
10/14/2009 22:00
What a WONDERFUL website! The children enjoyed learning about the Constitution and the Amendments. They even learned the difference between rights and priveledges! They had so much fun "playing", I don't think the children realized that they were learning! One...
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Multi-Culturalism in Action!
10/14/2009 21:53
After discussing how our nation embrases multi-culturalism, the children and I enjoyed our Asian-inspired meal with the use of re-usable chopsticks. Thanks to videos on YouTube, we were able to learn how to use the chopsticks correctly. Eventually, everyone was able to get the food in...
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