The oldest group continues to learn about the frog life cycle. This past week they started with the tadpole stage, which then moves into the polywog stage (developing hind feet – I had to tell you because I didn’t know. Heck I don’t even know how to spell it). ...
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Hi Folks Wanted to send out a plea actually several! If you have any bubble wrap can you bring it in to school? The Ex-day kids need it to stuff our whale! The YG needs baby food jars with lids. Please wash them out before bringing them in to school. We are going to try our hand at making butter. The YG also could use lots of plastic frames and mats for pictures. We are setting up an ... ...
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The youngest group is working away at their gardens. The seeds they  sowed a few weeks back have sprouted up, so now it’s time to transplant them. While waiting for them to grow bigger, they are working on creating their  3-D gardens – stop by and see! ...
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The Middle Group kids have been working on their numbers this past week, all the way from 1 to 10.  Today’s activity was to fill in the blocks on a strip of paper (10 total) and then draw in a picture of hands with the ten fingers outstretched. On the wall in the back room you’ll see all the numbers posted. ...
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The unbelievable happened Thursday, a DUMP TRUCK (yes, it’s true) showed up at school during play time and delivered mulch and sand to the Agassiz. ...
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Ask the extended day kids what they’ve learned about whales so far.  Tuesday they found out 4 things… Daddy whale is called a BULL. Mommy whale is called a COW. A baby whale is called a  CALF. A whole bunch of whales swimming together is called a POD. They painted large pieces of paper black which will they will be making into the giant school-long whale at some point. Also to come, more waves! ...
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The oldest group has just finished the butterfly life cycle and have moved on to the life cycle of a frog, which includes: Frog spawn Tadpole Polywog Froglet Frog They will create  projects to reflect each one of the frog stages of life.  The focus will be on noticing differences between gills and lungs, the differences between frogs and toads, and the differences among frog species. ...
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Paper bags, markers and some stickers…who knew going to outerspace was so cheap? Someone better call NASA. \ ...
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The kids took a field trip over to Big Fish Little Fish on Elm Street the other day and picked up this little cutie for their tank… ...
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The oldest group has a live experiment – growing butterflies. Katie got some eggs and they’ve recently grown into the caterpillar stage. The kids learned that butterflies lay their eggs on the underside of leaves to protect them from predators. Katie made giant leaves from construction paper and the kids all cut out eggs to tape underneath them. Now that the caterpillars have hatched, they are preparing for the chrysalis stage by making ... ...
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