April Fun
/It’s hard to believe that it’s already a week into April. Our Otters have been busy learning and playing. We have been taking full advantage of the beautiful spring weather to examine insects, invent new ball games (including a game called Passout), and have picnic lunches. We finished up our mini unit on graphing and moved on to learning to tell time. We continue to observe our mason bee house daily. We are working on creating our own tin can mason bee houses using paper tubes. This week we are beginning to learn more about other bee species, including honeybees. We spend much of our days reading. Otter students spend half an hour each day reading books to themselves and to their teachers in reading group. In turn, teachers read several books to the class each day as well. We are creating a community of readers! We’ve also been learning to play some new board games including Leaps and Ledges, Clumsy Thief, and Knockout. Knockout is an excellent game for building number fluency in children. I’d highly recommend it if you are looking for a new family board game. Our student artists have enjoyed having time to paint and create three dimensional structures out of remeda materials.
