This month we celebrate Memorial Day and honor all those who lost their lives protecting our freedoms. We will have a special assembly with Gold Star Families sponsored by the Vetiquette Program. We are using this month’s challenge to help decorate for Memorial Day. As a tribute from you to all the soldiers who lost… Read More Patriotism Challenge
“Hello Sun! Hello Earth! Hello Rain! Hello Wind! Hello Ocean! Hello Wind! Hello Rain! Hello Earth! Hello Sun!” There are lots of very cool things to learn about the monarch butterfly and we’ll try to talk about most of them during our Earth Kids Club meeting, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Monarch butterflies are the most beautiful… Read More Earth Kids Club: Session 4, Week 20, 5/1
Each player begins the game with 12 pieces, or checkers, placed in the three rows closest to him or her. The object of the game is to capture all of your opponent’s checkers or position your pieces so that your opponent has no available moves. Basic movement is to move a checker one space diagonally… Read More How to Play Checkers…with a twist
Third stop…..let’s board the plane and head to Mexico! When visiting another country it is always helpful to know a few basic words in order to effectively communicate! What lanuage do they speeak in Mexico? Do you know any Spanish words? What are they? Can you share them with your classmates? Let’s look at… Read More See the World: Mexico
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca This story is a biography, B GRA, about how Temple Grandin shows her perseverance and how she thinks differently, how her thoughts are in pictures. It is that same ability to think in pictures that led her to solve a real-life problem.… Read More A Logic Puzzle is a Problem
“Hello Sun! Hello Earth! Hello Rain! Hello Wind! Hello Ocean! Hello Wind! Hello Rain! Hello Earth! Hello Sun!” Earth Day is a day that was created to promote awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment and occurs each year on April 22nd. Many organizations celebrate Earth Day by picking up trash onthe roadside, cleaning up vacant lots, cleaning the banks of lakes and… Read More Earth Kids Club: Session 4, Week 19, 4/17
Arthur’s Tooth by Marc Brown Arthur’s whole class has started losing their teeth-but not Arthur. His loose tooth wiggles but won’t come out. Everyone seems to think they have the best solution. But none of their ideas work! What is a toothbrush? The toothbrush is an oral hygiene instrument used to clean the teeth, gums, and tongue.… Read More Arthur’s Tooth by Marc Brown
Can you please help the Earth Kids Club Promote 4 days of a Waste-Free Lunch, April 15th to April 18th? Earth Day is a day that was created to promote awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment and occurs each year on April 22nd. The Earth Kids Club would like to make EVERY DAY an… Read More Waste-Free Lunches: April 15-April 18