Some things we found inside the computer: fan, battery, cd player, plastic, metal, wires.
Some things we DIDN'T find inside the computer: fish, people's brains, paper, pictures, animals, numbers, letters, movies, music, pencils, erasers.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Taking Apart A Computer
We are learning about computers, so we took one apart and looked inside.
Some things we found inside the computer: fan, battery, cd player, plastic, metal, wires.
Some things we DIDN'T find inside the computer: fish, people's brains, paper, pictures, animals, numbers, letters, movies, music, pencils, erasers.
Some things we found inside the computer: fan, battery, cd player, plastic, metal, wires.
Some things we DIDN'T find inside the computer: fish, people's brains, paper, pictures, animals, numbers, letters, movies, music, pencils, erasers.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Friday is Quiz Day
Every Friday we take a quiz to review what we learned during the week. This was a really hard one.
Friday, October 1, 2010
October Newsletter
Dear Parents,
This month in Hope class we are going to continue with much of what we've been studying in September, as well as adding some lessons specific to the season. Summer is over and fall is here, so we'll be talking about the changes going on in the world around us. When we go outside we can observe the shifting colors of the leaves on the trees, and from inside the classroom we can see the reason for the season explained in terms of the Earth's orbit. Did you know that right now it's Spring in Australia? Well, it is, and we'll learn why.
October also brings one of everyone's favorite holidays, Halloween. As upperclassmen, the Hope kids will take a more active role in planning and preparing our Halloween celebrations, and of course their costumes will be the scariest and funniest of all.
Beyond that, we are continuing with our study of Math, English, Computer Science and The World. In Math class we have been practicing telling time and counting by 5's, two skills which we hope to refine and expand in October. More advanced students will also learn counting by 2's, 3's and other number patterns. Our use and study of English, as always, will proceed at each student's individual level. In Computer Science class we will learn how computers store pictures, letters and words using only numbers. And as we study The World we'll learn to identify all seven continents before turning our attention more closely to Asia, our home continent.
At home, please allow your child to teach you what he or she knows about what goes on inside your laptop or home PC. You can also ask questions like "What time is it now? What time will it be in one hour?" You might even let your little one help plan your day and keep you on schedule.
Enjoy your child!
--The Teachers at Stephanie's English Montessori
This month in Hope class we are going to continue with much of what we've been studying in September, as well as adding some lessons specific to the season. Summer is over and fall is here, so we'll be talking about the changes going on in the world around us. When we go outside we can observe the shifting colors of the leaves on the trees, and from inside the classroom we can see the reason for the season explained in terms of the Earth's orbit. Did you know that right now it's Spring in Australia? Well, it is, and we'll learn why.
October also brings one of everyone's favorite holidays, Halloween. As upperclassmen, the Hope kids will take a more active role in planning and preparing our Halloween celebrations, and of course their costumes will be the scariest and funniest of all.
Beyond that, we are continuing with our study of Math, English, Computer Science and The World. In Math class we have been practicing telling time and counting by 5's, two skills which we hope to refine and expand in October. More advanced students will also learn counting by 2's, 3's and other number patterns. Our use and study of English, as always, will proceed at each student's individual level. In Computer Science class we will learn how computers store pictures, letters and words using only numbers. And as we study The World we'll learn to identify all seven continents before turning our attention more closely to Asia, our home continent.
At home, please allow your child to teach you what he or she knows about what goes on inside your laptop or home PC. You can also ask questions like "What time is it now? What time will it be in one hour?" You might even let your little one help plan your day and keep you on schedule.
Enjoy your child!
--The Teachers at Stephanie's English Montessori
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