by Maria DUPLESSIS | Oct 10, 2024 | ECC, The Grades
Phonics Exploration: The ‘i’ Sound This week in phonics, we focused on the letter’ i’—the second vowel we’ve learned. As part of our exploration, we sang the ‘i’ song and investigated different words that start with the letter...
by Maria DUPLESSIS | Oct 2, 2024 | The Grades
End of Week Update This week in our phonics lesson, we explored the letter P and had so much fun learning about its sound! We started by practicing the /p/ sound by pretending to puff out a candle—just like the gentle puff of air needed to say /p/. The children were...
by Maria DUPLESSIS | Sep 26, 2024 | ECC
Good afternoon, everyone! This week in our class, we explored how play helps us learn about ourselves. We learned how to make a tally chart to find out our favorite places to play in the classroom. Each child got one lollipop stick and placed it under their favorite...
by Maria DUPLESSIS | Sep 19, 2024 | ECC
We hope you all enjoyed a wonderful long weekend with friends and family! Just a quick reminder to please send a hat with your child to school. We know hats can sometimes get left behind at home or in the car, so it might be a good idea to leave a hat at school....
by Maria DUPLESSIS | Sep 12, 2024 | The Grades
Writing Patterns and Stencils Practice We continued to work on our writing patterns, and the children practiced holding stencils properly. This new skill will help them when they start using rulers in the future. We also began learning to write our names, focusing on...