a glimpse inside the classroom …
Keeping our girls safe during the pandemic is a priority, so we do not have many visitors these days. Here is a little glimpse of how our teachers are making a challenging year more normal and what our girls are learning inside and outside the classroom.
Early Childhood
Making Birthdays Special One of the most special days for our early childhood girls is their birthday. In previous years, the girls would get birthday crowns to wear on the big day, but this year, they receive a birthday mask! Their teacher, Missy Prewitt, is making each pre-k girl her own bee mask, hand embroidered with her name. The girls also make a birthday board with the first letter of their name and the age they are turning. The birthday girl’s parents join in on the fun through Google Meet where they read a book to the class. Even during these unprecedented times, pre-k teachers are keeping the whimsy alive for our girls.
Learning Math Through Fairytales? Junior kindergarten girls in Allyse Holcomb’s class are learning about the number 2, creating AB patterns, measuring Rapunzel’s hair using nonstandard measurement, and counting by 10s. One of the girls even stopped to ask, “Wait! Are we doing math?” We love to see the girls enjoying themselves so much they don’t even realize they are learning!
Discovering the World Outside One safe way to learn this year is to be outside. Our littlest learners enjoy taking nature walks as they explore our school grounds and discover more about the world around them. Junior kindergarten entomologists in Tanya Crump’s class learn how gall wasps live in oak galls and inspect wasp larva inside the galls. When learning about the life cycle of cicadas (two to five years), they compare that to the life cycle of a pumpkin (only around 100 days). To continue their studies back in the classroom, they collect specimens like cicada shells and write poems about oak tree inhabitants. 10 | Hutchison
