HERE IS A LINK TO THE BOOK: Let’s Learn About Sound And Light
We’re following the Unique theme this week and talking about light and sound. We learned that light does different things with different types of matter. We also learned that sound is a vibration that travels through matter. We have one of our students on the front enjoying some music and another student on the back enjoying the light room in our sensory room.
HERE IS A LINK TO THE BOOK: Let’s Learn About Greece
We are learning all about Greece this week! There are some really cool things we learned about Greece, such as what their tallest mountain is, what the animal of Greece is, and also that the Olympics started there. One of our students’ mom and brother were lucky enough to take a trip there last summer and graciously let us use some of their amazing photos. Take a look and see what you can learn about Greece!
HERE IS A LINK TO THE BOOK: Let’s Learn About Greece
We are learning all about Greece this week! There are some really cool things we learned about Greece, such as what their tallest mountain is, what the animal of Greece is, and also that the Olympics started there. One of our students’ mom and brother were lucky enough to take a trip there last summer and graciously let us use some of their amazing photos. Take a look and see what you can learn about Greece!
LINK TO THE BOOK: Let’s Learn About Jack And The Beanstalk
We had so much fun reading the book for this week! The book gives a short synopsis of the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We have several of our students posing as the different characters in the story, like Jack, his mother, and even their cow.
Check out this super cute book and happy National Fairy Tale Day!
LINK TO THE BOOK: Fun Facts About Presidents
In honor of Presidents Day, we found out some interesting facts about former presidents. We found out that one president was said to have had an alligator as a pet in the White House, one president was an actor before he became president, and that the teddy bear was named after a president. You’ll have to read the book to see which presidents these were and to find out some other cool facts about presidents. On the front and back of the book, we featured some of our patriotic students. Check it out!
LINK TO THE BOOK: Our Local African American Leaders
This week, we were talking all about different African American leaders we have here in our city. We talked about our sheriff, the chief medical officer of one of our hospitals, and even a chef that won the Chopped competition a few years ago. There are several other leaders to read about, so make sure to check out the book!
For Black History Month we are taking a look at some of our local African American leaders. Our sensory groups explored boxes related to each of the people featured in the book. Our fine motor group made a banner and the language group made a yummy recipe!
SENSORY GROUP
Our sheriff, Walt McNeil, wears a gold star on his chest.
The students used two different sized star shaped cookie cutters to make stars out of gold kinetic sand.
Science access point: recognize the larger of two objects.
Doris Maloy is our county tax collector.
Since Ms. Maloy has to deal with numbers all day, we mixed numbers 1-5 with dollar sign and colorful pasta.
Math access point: associate quantities with number names.
The students got to pretend to be doctors like Dr. Friall who is the chief medical officer at one of our hospitals.
We included some cute little patients and a variety of play medical instruments in this box.
Science access point: recognize a model of a real object.
Casanova Nurse is a meteorologist for a local TV station.
Weather related items filled this box, including a fan, rain stick, slinky rainbow…..
….craft foam sun flakes, and a thunder tube.
Science access point: recognize different types of weather conditions.
Coach Leonard Hamilton is leading FSU basketball to a winning season!
Students helped cheer on the team using colorful pom poms.
Science access point: distinguish between objects in motion and at rest.
Dean Anthony Jones oversees the math and science department at TCC.
Oobleck is a science experiment to begin with but when we add bath crackles it become even cooler!
Science access point: track the movement of objects that are pushed or pulled.
Joy Bowen is on our school board. In her spare time, she likes to go fishing with her family!
Our little pond contained 3 fish that squirted water when squeezed. We also included a net and measuring cup for scooping fun.
Math access point: recognize differences in size of objects.
We chose Bath and Body Works cucumber melon scent this week.
The scent reminded us of foods that Chef Shac, a Chopped champion, might prepare.
Science access point: recognize one or more external body parts.
FINE MOTOR GROUP
Due to scheduling, we were only able to have one fine motor group this week. The students made a banner using photos of our local African American leaders.
First, the students identified the color of the yarn.
Science access point: identify objects by one observable property, such as color.
Then, they chose a hero and glued the name UNDERNEATH their photo.
Math access point: recognize a movement that reflects a spatial relationship.
Next, they threaded their hero on to the banner using a big plastic needle attached to the green yarn.
Math access point: recognize the next step in a sequence of activities.
TA DA!!!
We are celebrating our local African American Leaders!
LANGUAGE GROUP
We made a recipe that we think Chef Shac would enjoy. Since we learned that Chef Shac started cooking using Bahamian recipes, we found a healthy and tasty recipe we think can represent the islands. Here’s the recipe we used: Let’s Make Mango Salsa
We started out measuring the mangos. Since the recipe said to cut up 2 mangos, we wanted to measure it out to see how much that would be. We found that it came out to 2 cups. A student HELPED to PUT them in the bowl.
Math access point: associate quantities with number names.
Next, we found out how much a half of a chopped red pepper measured out to, which was 1 cup. We PUT that in the bowl.
Math access point: recognize parts of whole objects.
When it was time to measure out 2 tbsp of onion, our students had to indicate which measuring spoon was the tablespoon. They were prompted to find the BIG one.
We measured out 2 tbsp of cilantro after that and PUT that into the bowl.
Math access point: recognize differences in size of objects.
When it was time to measure out lime juice, our students HELPED squeeze our hand juicer. Once we measured out the amount we needed for the recipe, each student got to try some lime juice.
They had to indicate whether it was SWEET or SOUR. Our students did the same when measuring out the lemon juice. We got some pretty great reactions 🙂
Finally, our students had to STIR up the ingredients.
They requested a plate, some salsa, and some chips.
Pretty yum!
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In honor of National Croissant Day (January 30), we are taking a look back at some of the famous French people in history. We had lots of help from some of our students who dressed up like the famous French people we found, such as Napoleon Bonaparte, Joan of Arc, and Jacques Cousteau, just to name few of them. You’ll have to check out the book to see which other famous French we learned about.
Here’s a link to the book: Let’s Learn About Famous People From France
We had so much fun getting this book together for our adventure theme this week. There are so many different adventures you can go on! We have pictures of our students running with dinosaurs, going on a safari, and walking on the moon. There are several other adventures that they took as well! Read the book to find out what cool adventures you can go on.
Here is a link to the book: Let’s Go On An Adventure
We’re talking all about the different hobbies that people can have. Our book is filled with some of the hobbies that our staff participate in, like gardening, cooking, and reading. It was lots of fun reading this book because our students would get so excited to see the familiar staff members. Take a look and see if you have any of the same hobbies!
Here is a link to the book: There Are Lots Of Different Hobbies