"Pete the Cat"

Sorting and classifying buttons,

using Venn diagrams to organize the buttons 

shoe survey

Love those Gumshoes 

gathering data using tally marks

analyzing our data

Pete the Cat, one of our favorites!

 We love "Pete the Cat"!   This series of books lends itself to many math activities, art projects and writing opportunities.  One of our favorite activities is doing the shoe survey.  We visit all the other classes and tally the different color of shoes.  Fun and learning at the same time!

Busy times!

Planting peas for our garden.

Working on less than and greater than math skills.

"Click, Clack, Moo", one of our favorite books!

Putting the finishing touches on our paper mache polar animals we made with Ms. Head

Our peas are growing!


Busy times in the Ladybugs!  Growing children and growing plants!

Valentine week

These friends are working on planet drawings, they think it would be fun to have a planet.com website.

A perfect sunny day for a picture.

Every experiment starts with a question.

Being a scientist requires lots of observations,

and lots of recording of data.

Happy Valentines Day!

Many thanks to the parents and grandparents for a terrific Valentine party.  Who knew chocolate fondue could be so fun?

Aurora Borealis and Monkeyshines!

This was our last week of swimming lessons.  The instructors were fabulous and the kids had a great time.

               

                    

                  

                           We visited the Planetarium at Pierce College to learn more about the Aurora Borealis.

                                      

  

                                    Math Mentors this week focused on number sense, specifically we were working on recognizing the number of objects  in a group without counting.

Seabury School is participating in Monkeyshines in Tacoma next Monday.  Today we made bowls and medallions to hide around Tacoma for the community to find.

Learning in the Ladybugs

I love this time of year when the kids are comfortable with the routine and they don't mind trying something new.  This week has been all about learning with our whole bodies.  We are currently learning about animals in the Arctic and Antarctica.  We painted the aurora borealis and they turned out great.   We did a scientific observation over the course of two days and watched as the waterbeads absorbed water and we noted the changes we could observe.    As part of our STEM curriculum, we made airplanes with the Bumblebees and Gumshoes.  We talked about changing variables, aerodynamics, prototypes and final design.  There was a buzz in the air as the planes took shape and were tried out in the multipurpose room.  Finally, we talked about what worked and what didn't and what changes we could make next time.  Fully engaged, learning with our whole bodies-it's the best!

Swimming in the Ladybugs

We're just loving swim lessons!