May 16th, 2019 Hello Stem families, Welcome into our classroom this week! As we mentioned last week, we have noticed that many of the Stems are still intrigued by maps. So this week we have added to our map collection and we have explored maps in a few different ways. Ms. Soni made a map
Hello Stem families, Welcome into our classroom! There have been a lot of different things going on this week, so we will share a bit about a variety of activities… As you can imagine, there was a lot of excitement surrounding Mother’s day this week. Starting at the beginning of the week we looked at
May 2nd, 2019 Hello Stem families, Welcome into our classroom this week… The field trip to downtown San Diego last week was a huge success. The Stems were so excited to be out exploring together! The amount energy they had that day seemed like enough to power the whole city of San Diego, it was
April 25th, 2019 Hello Stem families, First of all, thank you to everyone who participated in our first Parent Connections meeting tonight! If you missed this one, we hope you can make it to the next meeting. It was great to have some time to talk more in depth about what is happening in the
April 18, 2019 Hello Stem families, Welcome into our classroom this week… While our classroom is generally full of activity, energy and noise, today we are going to invite you inside a quiet moment of our day, mindful minute. Every day, after cleaning up from indoor exploration and before we do reflection or go outside,
April 12th, 2019 Hello Stem families, Welcome into our classroom… Last week in the blog we shared the “mouse houses” that many of the Stems have been building in the art area. Early this week, several of the Stems continued with this work, building new homes to add to the cities and towns. (After reading the
April 4th, 2019 Hello Stem families, Welcome into the classroom this week… This week, we saw a revived interest in adding to cities and towns. On Monday a few of the Stems worked together to build a “mouse house” using materials from the tinker trays and art shelves. The next day they shared their project
March 28th, 2019 Hello Stem Families, A quick announcement… If your child brings in toys from home, we ask that they bring in just one toy a day. It is wonderful to see them share their personal interests and special treasures with friends. At times they also incorporate these items into their play during exploration,
March 21, 2019 Hello Stem families, Welcome into our classroom… As we discussed in last week’s blog post our classroom now has a large work in progress area for our “cities.” It is so exciting to see how the Stems are adding to the creations and playing in this area. This space continues
March 14, 2019 Hello Stem families, Before we get started, we wanted to remind everyone to please arrive in time for our morning gathering at 8:45. Our morning gathering is a time to build community, plan for the day, and enjoy special stories and conversations. We noticed that the time change threw all of our
