SY 2023-2024 Class Photos and Videos
The children play with blocks everyday upon arrival. Picking up, stacking and arranging blocks strengthens their hand-eye coordination. They learn about sizes and shapes and their relationships. 
The children explore and create a variety of worlds, characters, and scenarios through pretend play. This encourages self-expression and interchange through conversations. 
The Sensory Wall was built using different crafting and recyclable materials. Playing with water beads is a soothing sensory play activity. Sensory experiences help build neural connections in the brain. 
The children sort different objects according to shape. They develop a fundamental understanding of geometric shapes. This promotes logical thinking. 
Unstructured play is an essential part of the daily activity periods. Giving the children a choice in their playthings and activities is also crucial to their developing independence as learners. At play they are able to explore their feelings and learn to regulate their emotions. 
Puzzle play helps the children develop their problem-solving skills. They figure out how the forms and shapes can (or do not) fit together and in the process understand spatial relationships. 
Dancing and making music contribute significantly to their overall growth and development beyond the physical benefits. Following and practicing actions in a specified sequence improve focus, concentration and memory. They learn words and their meaning, improve oral language as they sing.
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We drew and wrote about our summer break activities.
We drew different things we can find in our classroom and arranged them on poster paper to make a map of our classroom.
We drew different things we can find in our classroom and arranged them on poster paper to make a map of our classroom.
We did a lot of word chaining this semester. We practiced building CVC words and swapping out the different sounds to make the next word.
This “Peek Through the Wall” game allowed us to explore the combinations that make a given quantity.
Everybody made a self-portrait for our class poster – “We Belong to the 4s6s Class”
Unstructured dramatic play activity: We used play dough to make our favorite food to cook and serve to our classmates.
Unstructured dramatic play activity: We talked and shared about our food preferences – What do you like to eat?
Math activity – Connecting 4 – Exploring combinations that make a given quantity using counters and matching them with their numeral counterpart
Math activity – Lift the Bowl – Exploring combinations that make a given quantity and writing them on our recording sheet
Decoding and writing phrases with our learned sounds, and then copying them in our notebook
Music and movement with Teacher Val
Singing and dancing to live music with Teacher Val
Cutting out pictures of things that we like to show our preferences
Cutting out pictures of things that we like to show our preferences
There are also some things that we do not like. We drew and wrote about them, too.
Literature-based activity: Elmer’s Day Parade – If you were an elephant who participated in Elmer’s Day, how would you decorate yourself?
Literature-based activity: Harry the Dirty Dog – We made a triorama that showed our favorite part of the story.
The Happiness Rainbow collage – We worked on our fine motor skills by tearing and gluing art paper to make a rainbow. We also talked about the things that make us happy – just like in the book “Happiness is a Rainbow” by Patricia Hegarty
Trip for Treats – We went around the school to showcase our Book Character costumes and to collect treats from our Ates and Kuyas in the Upper and High School sections.
Body Tracing and labelling body parts
Seriation Snakes craft – After reading the Snake Time poem, we drew and cut out snakes of different lengths and arranged them from shortest to longest.
Heart Beat the Clock – We took turns scooping water from one bucket to another using a measuring cup to see if we could do it as fast as the heart can pump blood throughout the body. We could not! ☺
We enjoyed unstructured play with Lego, building robots, vehicles, and everything in between!
Using our blending skills to read decodable books
Practicing our segmenting skills to hear the sounds in words, and then putting them together to build the word using letter cards
Practicing our segmenting skills to hear the sounds in words, and then putting them together to build the word using letter cards
Unstructured play with sand
Making sure that we print our letters using conventional strokes is easier, thanks to our Handwriting Without Tears book.
After learning about the story setting as part of our study of Literary Elements, we made a Story Setting painting based on a book that we’ve read in class or at home.
This picture-word match activity had us practicing identifying pictures and finding the matching word.
We were careful when decoding each word in the card to ensure that we have the correct word, because some of the words had similar letters.
Learning how to follow directions and move around in a given space is made fun with relay games.
We enjoyed reinforcing what we learned about positional words by playing an Over and Under cooperative movement game.
Word Mapping helps us match phonemes and graphemes in words that we want to spell.
We made a model of our lungs using plastic bags and straws.
We practiced writing numerals on our write and wipe sleeves.
Balancing, hopping, starting, stopping, waiting for our turn – all these and more were constantly at work while we enjoyed this obstacle course!
We drew and wrote about our summer break activities.
We learned that we could measure the length of things using non-standard units of measurement. We measured the length of things we can find in school using paper clips, and recorded our answers in our notebook.
We learned that we could measure the length of things using non-standard units of measurement. We measured the length of things we can find in school using paper clips, and recorded our answers in our notebook.
We learned that we could measure the length of things using non-standard units of measurement. We measured the length of things we can find in school using paper clips, and recorded our answers in our notebook.
We learned that we could measure the length of things using non-standard units of measurement. We measured the length of things we can find in school using paper clips, and recorded our answers in our notebook.
We learned that we could measure the length of things using non-standard units of measurement. We measured the length of things we can find in school using paper clips, and recorded our answers in our notebook.
The children made different crafts about “My Feelings” using popsicle sticks and paper. This helps them express themselves and develops their fine motor control. 
Tracing and coloring strengthen their fine motor muscles and develop eye-hand coordination. 
The children made body models using blocks. It is a creative way for children to understand the human body. 
Balancing engages muscle strength in the legs and the core. This is crucial for stability and coordination needed for various physical activities. 
Another way to practice balancing is the use of Bilibo. It develops and strengthens gross motor skills used for sitting, rocking and spinning. 
Water play involves tactile stimulation, refines fine motor skills such as pouring and scooping and experimentation. The children used simple ordinary materials such as sponges, bottles, spoons and cups. 
It is vital for children to have their learning experiences be of comfort to them. Hybrid learning is offered for families that avail of this option. In this activity, the children are drawing faces using shapes with verbal instructions and guidance from adults at home.
Using Playdough to Learn about the Human Body Systems:
Muscular and Skeletal system: Students work in pairs meticulously crafting representations of the muscular and skeletal systems using the tactile medium of playdough. A hands-on approach to anatomical understanding!
Lung and Heart model: In the spirit of experiential learning, the 7s9s students sculpt intricate replicas of the heart and lungs using playdough. This tactile exploration enhances their understanding of cardiovascular anatomy, fostering a dynamic connection between theory and practice.
Brain Games and Motor activities as the 7s9s learn about the Nervous System
Strategic minds at play: The 7s9s students engage in brain games like Jenga, Addition dice, sorting and classification as well as ball games to ensure hand-eye coordination and arm strengthening. Through playful challenges, they unravel the mysteries of the brain and apply their thinking skills. They validate facts learning about the brain by playing and engaging in brain-building activities.
Building strength through play: The 7s9s students enjoy outdoor games, honing arm strength and enhancing fine motor skills crucial for improving eye-hand coordination and handwriting skills. Every throw and catch becomes a step toward improving gross and fine motor coordination and brain functioning!
Upper School Section Assembly (Oct. 27, 2023)
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