Science, Birthday Celebrations, and Lunar New Year!

Gong xi fa cai! (Mandarin) Gong hei fat choy! (Cantonese) Chúc mừng năm mới! (Vietnamese) We celebrated the Lunar New Year on Friday. We had parent volunteers join us and they read stories of traditions for the Lunar New Year while Temescalians tasted tang yuan and tangerines. Tang yuan are chewy rice balls with either […]

Properties of Water and Buddies!

Dear Families, We settled back into routines in this second week of the new year. To augment our handwriting practice, we introduced “backboard writing” where the teacher chooses a word that features the letter of study. Temescalians are paired off and one will write on the other’s back. This gives each part of the pair […]

New Year and New Beginnings!

Hello Families, This week has been one of transitions. Emily and Jackie helped me get to know the kids and curriculum and we picked up where we left off in December. I have enjoyed getting to know the Temescalians as a whole and look forward to getting to know each Temescalian as an individual in […]