Get Your Cray On!--A Crayola Experience Adventure

The new Crayola Experience recently opened up in Plano, Texas, and we were one of the first schools to jump at the chance to check it out! Boy was it worth it! We had a wonderful time exploring and creating all day. Some of our favorite activities included "Melt and Mold" where you could create your own ring or car and "Spin It" where you could power a spinning wheel with your own two arms, in order to create an artistic masterpiece. I would encourage you to take your family and go back for a fun family adventure, as well. We really did have an exciting time!

https://vimeo.com/336951197

Super Seaquest Aquarium

We had the amazing privilege of visiting the new Seaquest Aquarium in Fort Worth, Texas this week. We had such a wonderful time learning about the different animals who live in the sea. From stingrays to seahorses, we had an exciting interactive experience touching and feeding these special animals. We hope you enjoy checking out our pictures and videos from this adventure! Please leave us a comment and let us know what you think.

https://vimeo.com/336945017

Muffins for Mom

We had so much fun honoring our mothers on Thursday during our Muffins for Mom event! We served them a special snack, performed a Mother's Day program for them, and told them why we loved them in our Mother's Day show. Check out our videos from our special day and leave us a comment and let us know what you thought!

Pictures from our special day--

https://animoto.com/play/o7y0ddSC2feiTPVfWUyQbg

"Why We Love Our Moms" video--
https://vimeo.com/330045079 (Todd)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U4QvHfox348sACYN9w4Hm76TLaA2Z0Uo/view (Amin)

Muffins for Mom program--
https://vimeo.com/335647930

We hope you have a very Happy Mother's Day!

Hey Tiny Seed--Are You Something We Need?

Over the past two weeks, our Kindergartners have been participating in a project based learning (PBL) experience. Our driving question was, "How can a tiny seed make a big difference in our world?" During this unit, our students learned about plants. They were challenged to think critically about how plants impact our world and if/why plants are something that we need. Throughout these two weeks they learned the needs of plants, patterns in nature (life cycles of plants), how young plants resemble parent plants, how the Earth provides resources for life, and the parts of a plant. They participated in plant activities where these skills were reinforced. Here are some pictures from our special plant studies this week!

Plant Art

Plant Sort

Our Kindergartners then participated in a research project about plants. They worked to collect pictures of the items that plants need to live, documented the growth of their own lima bean plant, and recorded pictures of their own plant art. Then, they used these pictures to create a keynote presentation of their learning. Here are their keynotes for you to enjoy. Just click on your child's initials to check out their hard work. We hope you enjoy looking at them, as much as we did creating them. Thank you! 

                                                                                 C.A.

                                                                                 A.A.

                                                                                 S.A.

                                                                                M.A.

                                                                                 J.Baker

                                                                                B.B.

                                                                                 J.Benson

                                                                                 J.C.

                                                                                L.D.

                                                                                N.D.

                                                                                 P.G.

                                                                                 J.G.

                                                                                 J.J.

                                                                                 I.K.

                                                                                L.L.

                                                                                N.L.

                                                                               A.M.

                                                                              N.M.

D.O.

S.P.

N.R.

E.S.

Powerful Plants

Just as a flower grows when tended to with love and care, we are continuing to grow in our learning each week. This week we focused on plants. We explored the parts of a plant, compared the different seeds that plants come from, and had an opportunity to plant our own lima bean plants. Here are some pictures from our science explorations from this week.

Seed Explorations

Lima Bean Planting