Science Fair and other adventures

making polymers, they are really fun to play with!

physics-inclines and marbles

Chemistry, which gives you the best reaction?  More vinegar or more baking soda?

science is just fun!

Which works better-a steeper incline or a longer run?  It takes multiple tries to know for sure.

chromatography and color mixing

more physics, constructing structures that will stay up

Science Fair was a big success again this year.  The projects that the Seabury students come up with are amazing!  Even our youngest students do a great job of performing experiments and explaining them to our guests.  Thanks to all the parents that supported this project at home.

We were so into science at school today that we invited the Shark class to join us for a variety of experiments.   The noise in the classroom was deafening but the enthusiasm was contagious!  All of the children were engaged in meaningful learning, the kids asked and answered relevant questions and even posed ideas for changing the experiments next time.   We decided we should do this again!

Dr. Seuss Day at school!

rest time is a lot easier with a friend!

baking cookies with Ms. Cathy

an experiment on surface tension

Cat in the Hat

reading with friends

more Dr. Seuss activities

The Ladybugs are really enjoying all the work we've been doing on science experiments.  This one involved milk, soap and food coloring.  Dr. Seuss has inspired very interesting discussions, rhyming work and art projects.  At the school read in at the beginning of March, we mixed the kids altogether and had a pajama day with lots of reading and doing some Dr. Seuss activities.

A typical day in Pre-K

Every day in the Ladybug class is different but some things remain the same.   Every day we do math as a group.  On this particular day, we used cards to learn about bigger and smaller numbers.  Then we moved onto the scientific method.   We performed experiments using baking soda and vinegar.  That was so much fun!  Then there was drawing going on and writing, some carpentry work, measuring of the new carpet, and some reading work.  And of course, the Lego area was busy too.   This was before lunch on Thursday.  We have lots of learning going on in a variety of ways with busy, happy children in our room.

Check out the new carpet.  It's a winner!

Valentine Party

Many thanks to the Ladybug parents for the great party.  We loved the wonderful decorations, treats and the craft projects.

Some days you just need some time with old friends!

Swimming is over for this school year.  It was a huge success.  The children learned some valuable skills and gained confidence in the water.  It was a lot of fun for our full day kids.

We're looking to Valentine's Day and our 100 day celebration, both of which fall on February 14.  It's hard to believe we have been together for 100 days and that we are more than half way through the school year.

First Friday

science

art

science

board games

working on a penguin drawing

working on the tiger

the emperor penguin

walrus 

Last Friday was First Friday at Seabury.  The kids choose which enrichment class they would like to attend and we mix all the age levels together for an hour long class.  We had Ladybugs in the Lego class, art class, science class and in board games.  They do amazingly well with the older kids and the older kids take really good care of our younger students.

We are continuing our work on animals.  Today we started making life-sized drawings of some the animals we saw at the zoo.