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
Thursday, March 7th2019 Hello Stem families, Welcome into our classroom this week! You will notice that the format of the blog post is a little different this week. We are going to take a step back from writing about what happened in the classroom and invite you to look at the photographs together with your
March 1st, 2019 Hello Stem families, Welcome into our classroom this week… Last week we mentioned the city plan that several members of our class worked on with Ms. Mazi, it created such rich conversations and detailed drawings that we wanted to offer the materials again to see where it might lead this week. Last
February 22nd, 2019 Hello Stem families, Welcome into our classroom this week! It was a wet and cold week which gave us some extra time for indoor exploration and since some of our class members were on vacation this week, we had a smaller group which gave us the chance to try a few
February 15, 2019 Hello Stem families, Welcome into our classroom this week… First of all, we would like to welcome two new members to the Stems, Sophia and Duc. We are very happy that they have joined our class! There was a lot of excitement about Valentine’s day this week, so we took a break
February 8th, 2019 Hello Stem families, Welcome into our classroom this week… For the past two weeks, we have talked about different “languages” in the classroom. This week we have an example of how the language of Lego was used to take an idea a step further as we discussed working on a project. When Zachary
February 1st, 2019 Hello Stem families! Welcome into our classroom this week… It is hard to believe it is February already. It has been a busy week in our classroom, two more of the Stems have turned 5 – a big happy birthday to Keenan and Olivia. We also welcomed a new member into our
January 25th, 2019 Hello Stem families, Welcome into the classroom this week… As we mentioned in last week’s blog and as you have seen in our classroom, we have introduced clay into our classroom. Working with clay is a fantastic way to support fine motor development. Fine motor skills are those that involve a refined
January 18th, 2018 Hello Stem families, It has been a wonderful wet week for the Stems! Last week we mentioned that we observed a burst of excitement over storytelling, so this week we are dedicating this post to talking about what storytelling looks like in the Stems classroom and how supports your child’s development. Children
