Happy with School

Stace and I have been so pleased with Cora's experience so far with Growing Hearts Preschool.

The lessons and weekly themes are well-planned, and Cora loves telling us about what she is learning. These photos are from the week/month focused on space, and the projects were great. I love the astronaut Cora. The day photograped was "Clifford the Big Red Dog Day," And all the children (and teachers) wore red and later wore hand-crafted red ears and had black paint for noses.

Each week the children focus on a different letter, and do a lot of practice writing that letter, along with their names. Miss Lorrie wrote on one of Cora's pages that because she knows how to write her name well, they are working with Cora on writing the letters inside the lines.

The first few weeks, the class focused on friendship, by working on crafts together. One day Cora came home with a bracelet made for her by another student, while Cora made a bracelet for someone else.

And you can see here the drawing Cora made of herself with a little boy named Owen. I thought it was cute enough to show here, for memory's sake. Cora is much bigger than Owen, and Owen has spiky hair because she said she doesn't know how to draw boy hair, except for spikes.

On Friday, the class cut open a pumpkin, learned all about them, and made a book showing the different layers to the pumpkin (stem, pulp, seeds, flesh). The children also tasted roasted pumpkin seeds. Cora told me that she learned that some pumpkins are not orange, but rather are white or even blue. She is learning so much!

Also this week, the children went on a fall nature walk, collecting leaves and pine cones.

Next week we have a "field trip" with the class to Whole Foods Market, for a tour and talk about nutrition and healthy eating. That should be fun!