Giant Steps Early Learning School
"Showing Your Child a Love for Learning"
Kinder Gators-”The Funny Things Kids Say”
Teacher: “OK, does anybody want to share anything. Remember, this is the time that we talk about “real” things.”
Child: “In 75 days, I am going to college.”
Teacher: “Really? Where are you going?”
Child: “To Harvard”
Teacher: “What are you going to learn about?”
Child: “The Letter Pp”
Teacher: “Hhmmm…really? Where is Harvard?”
Child: “In South America!”
Bumblebee Thanksgiving Feast-Nov. 18, 2011
The boys are Pilgrims and the girls are Indians. The girls chose their “Indian names” by sharing their favorite color and animal. Before the feast, the children gave a friendship bracelet they made to the friend sitting across the table. The children then feasted on turkey slices, baby carrots, and air-popped popcorn. They really enjoyed the food, and most asked for seconds (and thirds!)
Early Learners- Lil Frogs 11/8/11
RAINY DAY FUN!
Enjoying indoor playtime under a creative home-made tent. One of the fun things that kept us busy on a rainy day at school!
~Ms. Castillo & Mrs. Cortez
Preschool-Bumblebee Class 11/4/11
Student responses- Math & fine motor skills
“We made candy corns. We cut white, orange, yellow triangles.” Noah
“We made candy corns with large, medium, and small triangles.” Isabella
Preschool-Bumblebee Class
The Bumblebee Preschool Class enjoyed making and eating Green Eggs and Ham after reading the famous childrens’story by Dr. Seuss.
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Mrs. Newgard and Ms. Castillo
Beehive- Week of 10/24-10/28
Mrs. Newgard asked the class what we did this week. These are their responses.
“We made orange and painted a plate and turned it into a jack-o-lantern.”
“We made jack-o-lanterns and ghosts.”
“We made a skeleton out of rectangles and ovals.”
“We read Pumpkin Soup and Hallow Weiner.”
“We made costumes for our weiner dogs.”
“We used our hands to make spiders.”
Parent Comments
“We are very happy with Giant Steps. Our son is in the MWF half-day preschool Dragonflies’ classroom. We like the small class size allowing for personalized attention. Giant Steps follows an academic curriculum while maintaining a fun and loving atmosphere. Our son loves going to school and is learning so much!”
Thanks,
Wendy Greenaway
Early Learners- Lil Frogs
As part of their October pumpkin thematic unit, the Lil Frogs explored what was inside of a pumpkin as they carved it and how does a pumpkin grow. They also enjoyed listening to the story, The Biggest Pumpkin Ever.
Teachers: Ms. Castillo and Mrs. Cortez
Tiny Turtles-Early Learner’s Classroom
This week the Tiny Turtles were learning about Transportation, shapes (triangles & rectangles) and practicing their cutting skills, by cutting a rectangle shape for the train activity, triangle shape for the sailboat activity, and exploring their creativity by using misc. objects of their choice to decorate their finished products.