by Gena Lawrence | Feb 11, 2016 | Csilla, Teacher's Blog
Weekly Notes: 1/22-2/16 Friday Midday: Our art presentation focused on a traditional art form of the northern regions, like Alaska and Canada: called ‘Inuksuk’. Inuksuk or in its plural form Inuksuit, are renditions of a person that carries a message to passers-by by...
by Gena Lawrence | Feb 11, 2016 | Jan, Teacher's Blog
Weekly Notes for January 18-21 2016 Monday: Martin Luther King, Jr Day MOM closed Tuesday: AM: We had an early circle so that I could show the children our special art project for the week, painting a real fish in order to make a colorful print. At first the children...
by Gena Lawrence | Dec 17, 2015 | Csilla, Teacher's Blog
Weekly Notes: 12/7/15 – 12/11/15 Monday Midday: It was a very exciting day for me: I started my week-long unit on Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. Watching the Nutcracker ballet and listening to Tchaikovsky’s festive music is a heart-warming way of getting ready for...
by Gena Lawrence | Dec 17, 2015 | Csilla, Teacher's Blog, Weekly Notes
Weekly notes: 11/30/15 – 12/3/15 Monday: Midday: It was so nice to come back to school and see the children’s happy faces! They all seemed to have a wonderful Thanksgiving spent with family and friends! Knowing that there are three weeks left until the break and there...
by Gena Lawrence | Nov 4, 2015 | Csilla, Teacher's Blog, Weekly Notes
Weekly notes: 10/23/15 – 10/30/15 Friday Midday: In my weekly art presentation I focused on Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) and his art work. Mondrian was born in the Netherlands and he showed great talent for art from a very early age. He used to draw and paint alongside...
