Kwai Nidoba! That means "hello friend" in the language of the Abenaki people who are native to this land we call Vermont. Readers of the weekly newsletter will recall that in Room 28 we are transporting ourselves back in time to learn what life was like in our area about 200 years ago. The children know this was before cars, electricity, and computers and when most everything was grown or made by hand. Donald Hall's Book Ox Cart Man is our "touchstone text" for this unit as we learn about children's daily lives on family farms. This includes trying our hand at several practical crafts that would have been done by children at the time. Here you can see us learning through play by reenacting a familiar scene in Ox Cart Man with props.
Here you can see us trying out some embroidery stitching on cloth samples.
Of course even as we "travel back" we are moving forward with reading and math skills. Other activities this week included "letter centers" that focused on matching uppercase and lower case and working on letter sounds
Below you can see us taking in some new knowledge in a time tested way. Ms. Finn guided the children in making 2D and 3D shapes out of clay.
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