This week, we talked about LIGHT ... What is Light? What can you see in the Light? Why do we need Light? Where does Light come from? Why and How do we use Light? and so many more inquiries ..!! We explore through different activities and inquiries, within ourselves, with our friends and teachers. How? Why? What? When?
Next, we talked just a little bit about Dark and it's properties. But our class seemed more excited about making their own Shadow Puppets (on a stick). Everyone was so enthusiastic to make their shadow puppets .. there was a sharp learning taking place as most realised you can't design a puppet like a drawing. Much thought has to be considered as to the outline of the puppet .. can we draw stick people or should we draw them 'fatter' so it would stand out when we shine a light on it? So many questions .. so many points of view to consider ... Children were busy re-designing, coloring and then cutting them out to prepare for a shadow puppet. Time to bring in the overhead projector! Look out for the photos and performance next week?
As ever, we continue to have ample opportunities listening to stories, what a treat every week! We had our sessions with Mr Prewitt who read 'Alice the Fairy'.
Alice isn't a permanent fairy -- yet. But with wand in hand and powers like flying and invisibility, there's little doubt that she knows her magic. Fly into Alice's world and cast spells with her as she dreams of enrolling at the Advanced Fairy School.
At the ES Library, Mrs Clarke read to us 'Mighty Max" and we got to borrow books on super heroes right after.
On Thursday, MS students came by to read us more stories, yea! We love to listen to stories and look forward to their visits.
Alice isn't a permanent fairy -- yet. But with wand in hand and powers like flying and invisibility, there's little doubt that she knows her magic. Fly into Alice's world and cast spells with her as she dreams of enrolling at the Advanced Fairy School.
At the ES Library, Mrs Clarke read to us 'Mighty Max" and we got to borrow books on super heroes right after.
On Thursday, MS students came by to read us more stories, yea! We love to listen to stories and look forward to their visits.
We ended the week with Keston's Mom, Meng Meng telling us a story of the "Stone Soup". All the children had a piece of ingredient to add to her pot of soup. With Meng Meng's magic stone added, the whole class 'cooked' up a delicious yummy pot of soup and shared it all around. We learned about the moral of the story, to help each other, to share and be caring friends and neighbors. Thank you Meng Meng .. the class was super excited to have her and of course, Keston could not stop smiling!
Finally, I would like to share that in conjunction with AISD's coming 40th Anniversary Celebrations, and to raise funds for our building and renovation, our class is coming up with an item for the PTA's Silent Auction. Thanks to Kaushalya, Meng Meng and Oderah for volunteering their time, we are working hard to finish this Mexican Huichol Yarn Art of our class mascot, an Angelfish! Check it out! We seek your support for this great event and children are already talking about wanting to have this fish for themselves! Good luck to the highest bidder!!! All for a good cause!
As always, we seek to ensure fun learning for your child ... Ms Lingle, Ms Rumana, and Ms Shurovi!