Up, Up and Away!

 

It always amazes us how “high” our students have risen during the school year academically, physically and socially. But unfortunately it is time to let our “babies” move on up and continue their journey to reach for the stars. And we know they can do it!

Our students from last year showed us just how high they can go during their study of space. It is out of this world!

Voki:

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Check out all the awesome activities by Ms. S's first grade class!

Space Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PinterestBoard:

Creative Snacks:

 

 

 

 

To Do List: Technology

 

Yes technology! If you are not already using technology in the classroom, consider adding it to your To Do list for the summer. There are lots of programs and apps out there that can be easily incorporated into the early childhood classroom. This post showcases children’s work and activities using technology and with just a little bit of effort and time, you too can use these programs too!

We suggest picking one or two of the programs/apps and spending some time this summer playing with them. These are some of the programs/apps that were used this year:  Voki, Chatterpix, Thing Link, Little Bird Tales, and a few others. Get a feel for what it does and how it can be integrated into your teaching and student activities. You will be surprised how easy (and fun!) it can be.

Voki’:
Voki allows us to focus and get the class ready to learn!

Thinglink:

Thinglink allows you to take an image and insert videos, books, links….

Chatterpix
Used for animating their work!

Shadow Puppets 

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Little Bird Tales

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iMovies

 

Tagxedo & Wordle
Word cloud designs!

QR Codes

 

Apps!
Apps such as Pic Collage, Stitch, Skitch and so many other can be used for creating learning posters, anchor charts, and labeling activities

 

 

 

Technology Pinterest Board:

Travel Destination: France!

Hearts and sentiments of love are posted on bulletin boards and doorways throughout our school for the month of February. These thoughts of love brought to mind a favorite place to travel any month of the year, the City of Love.

The City of Love, as many of you may know, is Paris, France. Paris offers a multitude of tastes, sights and sounds for lovers and non-lovers alike. The Eiffel Tower being one of the most recognized sights.

Don’t just stop in Paris though, France has many other delightful cities and villages that offer unique experiences through the architecture, art, coastal roads, cafes, and of course the wine!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France Product:

 

 

 

Art work by our future Renoirs and Monets:

(They chose to do Mona Lisa by Leonardo de Vinci since she is housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris)

  

 

 

  

 

Snack Ideas:

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