Nursery
Students have been studying Eric Carle’s book Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear? We used the iPad to play a recording of the sound each animal in the book makes. Children enjoyed guessing what animals made each of the sounds.
Students are using the Reflector app to share drawings made on the iPad to the whole group. With group feedback students are able to add details to their human figure while naming body parts, and developing a deeper understanding of how technology provide us with opportunities to share our learning.
Students are using the Reflector app to share drawings made on the iPad to the whole group. With group feedback students are able to add details to their human figure while naming body parts, and developing a deeper understanding of how technology provide us with opportunities to share our learning.
Students were learning the colors, so they went on a scavenger hunt to take pictures of objects that were the color they were studying.
They have also been practicing shapes and color on some of the applications in the iPad.
They have also been practicing shapes and color on some of the applications in the iPad.
Prekinder
Children have been interested in ants and we have been researching about how ants create ant hills. This is one of the videos they like to watch:
Kinder
Children are learning about coding with the new Bee-Bot robots. Students are super excited about working with a robot that is a bee. Before students could start working with a Bee-Bot, the group came with the following agreements:
1. Don’t touch it when it’s moving.
2. Don’t step on it.
3. No drinks or food close to the Bee-Bot.
4. Bee-Bots only on the floor (they can’t fly).
5. Hands clean to use the Bee-Bot.
6. Be mindful when pressing the buttons (think of the instruction you want to give).
Students drew pictures of the agreements so we could remember them every time that Cristy brings the robots to the classroom. Students are very happy about this new project and looking forward to learn more.
1. Don’t touch it when it’s moving.
2. Don’t step on it.
3. No drinks or food close to the Bee-Bot.
4. Bee-Bots only on the floor (they can’t fly).
5. Hands clean to use the Bee-Bot.
6. Be mindful when pressing the buttons (think of the instruction you want to give).
Students drew pictures of the agreements so we could remember them every time that Cristy brings the robots to the classroom. Students are very happy about this new project and looking forward to learn more.
Spanish
Kinder students in Spanish class are:
- Using the iPads to learn the Spanish letter sounds and names with the Apps: “Aprendiendo El Abecedario” and “ABC para los niños”.
- Using the iPads to reinforce the Spanish vowels with the App: “Fichas lectoescritura vocales”.
- Taking photos with the camera and the iPads to document their classmates learning.
- Researching online and using the LCD screen to view photos, videos, and short movies in order to learn about the Day of the Dead celebration.
Multiage
PK-K 3 children heard the story “Room on the Broom” by Julia Donaldson. After reading the story many children informed the teacher that this book was made into a movie and that they had seen it on television. Out of curiosity one child suggested we search the Internet to see if we could also find it on the computer. And to the delight of all the children we found it and watched it!
The children looked for shapes in their environment and took pictures of those shapes with the iPad. Later on, those pictures were printed out in black and white, and the children traced the shapes with markers.