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Aug

August Field Trip

Today, we went to Daejeon World Cup Stadium for a field trip. We went to the children’s center there. What an awesome place to go if you’re a kid. There are different themed sections including one about different countries, one that’s a small city and one all about science. Our students had a lot of fun. Everything was very hands on. We spent a couple of hours there and didn’t get to experience everything. I can imagine kids spending the whole day there.

Oh why didn’t we have places like this when I was little??

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Aug

Stained Glass Windows

Spring Class’ theme for the month is around the world. Today, in arts & crafts, we made stained glass windows. As far as arts & crafts go, this is easy. All you need is crayons, paper, baby oil and cotton. Use a dark crayon to make random loops and scribbles all over the paper. Keep them rather large unless you want to be coloring forever. Use bright colors to color in the shapes. When you’re finished coloring, turn the paper over. Dip the cotton in the baby oil and spread it over the paper. You’ll be able to see the colors coming through. Then cut out your design. Punch a hole in it and use some string for a hanger. Hang it in a sunny window.

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Aug

Wave Bottles

We made wave bottles in Spring’s science class. The kids had a lot of fun doing so. We talked about what we saw when we moved the bottles back and forth. And we also talked about why the oild and water didn’t mix.

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Jul

Pre Summer Vacation Party

Yesterday was the last day before summer vacation. Yay! We had a bit of a party for the kids. We played two games. One was eat the onion ring snack off the rope and the other was eat the cream puff snack thing out of the plate, both sans hands. The kids had fun. The teachers had fun. All in all, it was a great way to spend a half hour or so in the morning.

Enjoy the pictures!!

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Jul

Parachutes

I teach science to all my students. Today was my day for the beginner 7 year olds. There are only four of them, but they can be a handful. OK, the two boys are a handful… the girls are fine. :)

Today we made parachutes. It’s really easy. All you need is a plastic bag, some string or thread, tape and a small toy. Cut a large circle out of the plastic bag. The bigger, the better, really. Cut four pieces of thread approximately equal to the diameter of your circle. That’s the distance across the circle for those of you who forgot high school geometry. Tape the thread at equal intervals around the circle. Tie the four pieces of thread into a knot at the bottom. Use more tape to secure the toy to the thread. Now, hold your parachute up and drop it! Watch how it falls slower than if you dropped the toy without the parachute.

As an extension, you can ask the kids what they think would happen if your parachute was smaller or the toy was bigger. See what they say, and then try it! That’s science.

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May

Food Pyramids – D4 Class

Welcome to the world of D4 class. They are a group of 4th-5th graders. I teach them science, math and listening skills. Recently, we’ve been talking about health in our science classes. As a culminating activity, I had them make food pyramids on poster boards. Ignore the fact this is the “old” food pyramid. It was what was in their books. And ignore the fact that I really messed up when I drew the skeleton on the board for them to copy. I’m used to teaching the “new” food pyramid.

And here are the pictures I used. I’ve converted my word file to a pdf. Please let me know if you would like the original file. They’re pretty perfectly sized for the approximately 3 foot by 2 foot boards we had.

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May

Grand Park Picnic

Once again, our kindergarten took a trip to Grand Park. The kids love to play there. The teachers love the relaxed nature of our picnics. There’s not much to say, so enjoy the pictures!!!