Lessons

We do a practice called “Outdoor Inquiry” each week.  We live in a city and believe in the importance of connecting with nature.  Outdoor Inquiry helps the student develop a natural inquiry. The students love exploring and asking questions about the natural world.

I believe in a hands-on approach to learning.  My students enjoy working with manipulatives when learning math, language, science etc.  They learn more from being able to interact with the materials rather than me just telling them letters or numbers.

 

These boys are working together to build a hotel.  They were building language by describing their hotel to me.  They were working on collaboration because two boys cooperated on the main hotel and the third boy had made a camping ground.  He was able to talk with the first two boys to combine the campground and the hotel as one structure.

This student showed an interest in making books.  She loved drawing in them and telling me what to write for her.  On this particular day, she had learned to sew the book together.  She was excited to work carefully with the needle and thread.  

After reading “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, this boy was trying to stack as many letters on top of the tree as he could. His high was 11!