The photo above is watercolors by Adeline It was so great to see our students greeting their friends after returning from the vacation and exploring what is new in our classroom. We finished the first week in January by celebrating our last winter holiday–the Día de Reyes Magos. It is from Spain, Mexico and […]
It was so great to see the Live Oak families during our Holiday potluck. Thank you for the wonderful brunch. We hope you enjoyed the little performance the students prepared for all of you! Part of our focus these weeks were the different winter holidays: Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. We observed with pleasure how […]
The photo above is called Teepees in North America by the Live Oak students. After the last three big events: Halloween, Día de Muertos, and VIP we continued learning about North America. We started with the fun continents game that includes a song the children are learning and love: https://vimeo.com/772179317/ada2399bca We focused on the […]
The photo above are paper sugar skulls by the Live Oak students. Every year, Live Oak class celebrates Día de Muertos with a procession and a meaningful ceremony. After introducing this holiday with a few children’s books, we involved the students in building the altar with three levels: underworld, earth, and heaven. Each day […]
The photo above is of carved pumpkins by the Live Oak students. The days of pumpkin carving brought the Halloween mood and a lot of fun to Live Oak. From drawing trucks, the children started transitioning to drawing pumpkins and enthusiastically crafting different kinds of Halloween projects, such as bats, ghosts, cats, and witches. Also, […]
Hello Live Oak families; It was so fun to see you all at our first Live Oak meetup! Thank you for making the time to attend with your families, and thank you, Anna, Patrick, and Whit for choosing a great place! Truck Unit We were proud, excited, and motivated to “Follow the child” (Maria […]
The photo above is “Apples” . Watercolors over crayons by Henry Hello Live Oak Families! As a Fall activity, we introduced the apple unit with differents works and materials such as parts of the apple, apple puzzles, counting apples, observing different kind of apples, and making art with apples. However, the children were more animated by […]
The photo above (Lemons) is crayons with watercolors by Henry. Welcome to our first Live Oak blog! Through our blog, you will have a window to witness what we are learning in Live Oak. As last year, we will post a blog twice per month with the weeks’ highlights. We have dedicated September to […]
