Spring is in the air at SMART START! Our young learners have been embracing the season through nature based, hands-on learning.
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🌱Students began their seasonal studies by planting green beans. Materials included cups, soil, seeds and water. Green beans are a great way to introduce gardening indoors and can be replanted outside late spring.
🧩Peers partnered together to complete a puzzle. These collaborative activities foster skills needed to accomplish projects as a team.
🎲The group engaged in games galore: board games, memory match, fine motor fun, and more!
Here are links to class favorites: Eric Carle ABC Game, The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Surprise Slides, Lucky Ducks
📖 Classmates circled outside for a read aloud of the classic children's book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. The story was read in both English and Spanish. This storytime assisted in reinforcing Spanish vocabulary of fruits/foods and days of the week as well as two bonus spring words: caterpillar = oruga and butterfly = mariposa. Book Linked Here
🍃The class contributed to spring cleaning their school by raking leaves and collecting sticks.
The cutest cleanup crew!
🎨SMART START artists decorated the sticks they gathered using paint and glitter.
⛅Spring has officially sprung in our outdoor classroom. Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and creatures are crawling about. Friends have been observing these changes while learning and playing in nature.
Thank you for reading about spring at SMART START!
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