Apple Seeds Pre-K Tutoring

What started with noticing dandelions in the yard, turned into a nature walk collecting more, turned into reading books by the barn with a baby cow, turned into a discovery of life cycles! We found dandelions of each stage of its life cycle and watched a short video at lunch explaining the process. I then got out my life cycle manipulatives and we worked together to place them in order, like we did the dandelion! How wonderful it is to have the peace and time at school to learn in this way! 🐛🦋🐸🌱

If you are attending the Art & Play Club Camp next week, here is what to expect and info sheet! I’m getting excited!!

If you missed the sign-ups for this, I’m trying to have another one that will be Monet inspired July 6-July 9th! 5 spots left! Ages 3-11, must be potty trained!

Sign up here: https://site.corsizio.com/event/69b5e2bd4aee3804c48f28b4

Today we read a book called “Some Dinosaurs are Small”. The older students wrote the words, “big”, “medium” and “small” on paper and we sorted our toy dinos by size. We quickly realized we needed another label, “tiny”. We used vocabulary like “huge”, “gigantic”, and “enormous” when discussing dinosaurs. We then sorted popsicles sticks in the same way to prepare for our sculpture art. We sat the jars on the table and they began their work deciding what sizes they wanted and needed to keep their structure vertical. I heard things like, “Can you pass me the tiny sticks?”, and “I used the medium sticks to stabilize my big one!” Can you believe it? An engineering, vocabulary building, and mathematical activity all in one with some popsicle sticks and glue! These kids are amazing!

The students have shown interest in watering the flowers and I took it as a great opportunity to talk about how flowers soak up the water through their roots. I suspect more questions to arise as we continue care of our flowers and maybe a future project? 🤔🤗 We practiced cleaning up our classroom and talked about how to keep things tidy. We practiced using our ears to listen with a silly song and painting with the varying tempos of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”! What a wonderful first days of summer class! 🎨☀️

The first day of summer school was today! Today was full of connection and exploring with new friends! We practiced the flow of a school day and the children were so sweet and adapted well. My older more seasoned kiddos were wonderful examples for our new students. I was so proud of their patience and guidance to help them find a place in our classroom where they feel safe. Days like today prove to me time and time again that children are so sacred and are born with an overflow of compassion and kindness in their hearts. Happy summer! I’m excited to make some memories! ☀️❤️

This week I am adding the final touches to our Art & Play Club Art Shed! It is a space that is fully dedicated to my Art Club friends with access to even more materials and tools than before! This will allow for more open-ended creation during our meetings. Check it out this weekend at our Summer themed May meeting! I am excited for you to see the new space!

Sign up for this weekend:
https://site.corsizio.com/portal/65b56dc946d8f256859860c5

Join us for the May Art & Play Club meeting this Saturday! We will not have a June or July meeting because of the Art Camps! Sign up for everything below!

May 30th Art Club Meeting:

https://site.corsizio.com/event/6a036eb0609670070c7db8f8

Art Camp (Claude Monet):

https://site.corsizio.com/event/69b5e2bd4aee3804c48f28b4

It's here! May Art & Play Club Meeting is celebrating school being out for the summer with an "all things summer" theme! Join us May 30th for some summer fun crafts, designing your own sunglasses, popsicle treat, and much much more! Let's celebrate together!

Sign up here! https://site.corsizio.com/event/6a036eb0609670070c7db8f8