New Floor in the Music Room!

Ask your daughter about our brand new marley floor!
This vinyl floor covering makes the floor safer for all
of the dancing and moving that the girls do during music class.

Music: Shoes Off

First graders showing their excitement for free toes!

Art: Finishing Touches with Hand Tools

First graders used hand tools and a selection of hardware to add finishing touches to their helper robots and machines. They safely and responsibly used hammers, hand drills, screwdrivers, staple "guns," pliers, wire cutters, and sanding blocks. Ask your first grader which tool(s) she used or plans to use.

Pumpkin, Spider, and Halloween Fun!

The first grade girls have had a busy October! We were very lucky to have an Orb spider in each classroom this month. Olivia and Octavia adjusted well to their Bryn Mawr homes and the girls enjoyed learning, observing, and recording everything spider! Did you know spiders are not insects? Ask your daughter about the term arachnid; they will be happy to define the term for you.

Octavia in Mrs. Bradley's classroom.

Olivia in Ms. Lacy's classroom. 

We have also been studying pumpkins. Did you know pumpkins start as flowers? The girls have had a chance to see the inside of a pumpkin as well as taste delicious pumpkin seeds. We predicted how many seeds we thought our classroom pumpkin would have and we were shocked that each pumpkin had over 600 seeds!  The girls practiced counting and grouping by fives in order to find this large number. Wow! In math we measured the girth using string as well as the height of the pumpkin using connecting cubes. Check out the pumpkin booklet your daughter brought home for all her hard work during this unit. Here are the girls in action!

A big thank you to all the parents that made our Halloween party so special! The girls enjoyed the delicious snacks and making the spooky masks. We hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween!