Learning is Fun

The first 9 weeks of school are over and we are heading in to fall break. After the excitement of starting school settled down then the real adjustment followed soon. Getting up early, starting school at 7:15am and learning for 7 hours took quite the toll on our little man and we have dealt with some cranky behaviors in the afternoons. But after a few weeks, it all settled down and we got in to a good groove. By the way, I heard a lot of Kindergarten parents say that about their 5 year olds. It is a very big step and 7 hours is a long day for those little minds.  But both children love their teachers and being at school and truly enjoy learning. Especially the Kindergartners doing so many fun things. Elliot's teacher posts a few times a week some pictures and videos of their class activities so the parents are in the loop.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom:

Visit from the yellow bus:

Working on centers: different activities for a limited time and then the children rotate to the next activity. Here, the teacher can also give them individual attention at their specific learning level, which is great. 

Working on some drawings and appraising each others pictures:

Apple Study: 

Living and Non-Living things: comparing and collecting things to analyze. 

A little video from the Kindergartner's daily activities:

Despite the ongoing heat here, the children went outside daily for recess:

Lunch visit with my boy and his friends. These kids eat lunch at 10am...way to early but I guess still halfway thru their school day. 

Once a week I volunteer in Amelia's class (still waiting to get to help out in Elliot's class). Usually I test the third graders on the knowledge of their sight words. But once in a while I get to listen in on their class reading and learning time: 

Fall picture day: We took some pics at home and then got the proof from their school pictures.

Since I started officially working full-time in the beginning of September, the children are attending the Y after-care at their school. They enjoy playing with their friends, doing arts and crafts and having snacks there. Every day,. the Y offers lots of STEAM activities for the kids.

Two weeks ago, we also attended the monthly family night at school. It was fitness night and the children enjoyed trying their hand at volleyball, basketball, bowling and stacking cups (favorite by far). 

These kids are loving school and enjoy learning, which makes us parents happy. I can proudly say that both are doing excellent at school and Elliot got already a Super certificate for completing the first 100 fry words, the only one in his class so far. Meanwhile, Amelia is raking in the points in her weekly social study tests and in reading.