Open-minded Explorers

Our Grandparents’ Day Celebration was such a nice event.  Our Explorers were very excited to see their families and we even had a few “grandparents” from the university that came to see us as well.  Thank you for supporting us either in conversation at home, in attendance, or both.

In addition to Grandparents’ Day we also learned about the Moon Festival that is celebrated in China.  Zhao Lao Shi even brought us various moon cakes to try.  As Open-minded (Learner Profile) Explorers we were eager to try this special treat and showed appreciation (Attitude) for a tradition in another culture.

 Moon cakes 

                                

This week, we also explored the idea of time around the world.  It was exciting to see everyones’ faces as they realized that as we were reading the book some people were eating breakfast, for some it was the middle of the night, and so on.  We used a special application called World Clock on the iPad to introduce this concept and read a wonderful book titled Somewhere in the World Right Now by Stacey Schuett.  It sure has been fun to peek back at the iPad and wonder what other countries are doing at any particular moment.

We also looked at activities children do all around the world and found out that kids are kids no matter where we live.  We may have unique appearances and dress, use different materials in our play, but from country to country we are all linked by lots of similarities and activities.  To Be a Kid by Maya Ajmera and John D. Ivanko is a book filled with beautiful photographs that we used to explore this topic.

CURRICULUM NIGHT TUESDAY

We are very excited to share our curriculum with everyone on Tuesday night from 6:00-8:00.  We ask that adults only attend this event since teachers will be doing presentations about IB, and expectations for the year. This is a great opportunity for parents to understand the curriculum better and ask questions. With that said, your presence is important to us so if you absolutely need to bring your child, we understand. We just ask that your child follow the essential agreements during the presentations and listen respectively. 

Remember Tuesday is an Early Release Day.  All students will be dismissed at 11:30.  After-care through the Y is available for those children already enrolled in the program.