FLOWERS WEEK brought out the gardener and floriculturist in all of us! Every wall, shelf, bulletin board, and bookcase was covered with the most beautiful hand made blooms! From sunflowers hand painted with added sunflower seeds and yarn-spun tulips, to bottle cap printed hyacinths and marshmallow stamped daisies, our classrooms [...]

SPRING WEEK though a bit soggy and chilly outside, was warm and cheery inside our classrooms! Spring has arrived and brought all of the clouds and rain with it! Soon the beauty of spring will be all around us; green grass, bright flowers, warm sun, birds chirping, and children playing [...]

Throughout BIRDS WEEK, we have spread our wings and taken flight, encountering many feathered friends along the way! From peacocks, flamingos, and parrots to ducks and robins (all our favorites, of course!), we have gathered up endless information about birds of all kinds. We learned that robins lay blue eggs [...]

ST. PATRICK'S DAY WEEK had our Irish eyes smiling! We learned all about St. Patrick, Ireland, shamrocks, and the pesky little leprechaun man :). While the big snow storm put a damper on the roads, we loved our snow day, did our own little weather predictions, and made our own [...]

REPTILES/AMPHIBIANS WEEK focused on these superb creatures and all their slithering, scaly, slimy, and spectacular characteristics. From lizards, chameleons, geckos and snakes to turtles, alligators, and crocodiles...we had our herpetologist thinking caps on and were ready to conquer this long list! We explored their habitats and the numerous details about [...]