Winter Session
Air Focus
Our session begins January 5th and ends on April 1. We will dress in layers and aim for 45minutes outside every day. Should we need a respite from the cold or a place to work on crafts, we have Room 207 available to use inside the school.
The class is from 2:45-5pm. Pickup no later than 5:15pm.
No class during:
January 19th, Martin Luther King Day
February 16th-February 20th, Mid-Winter Break
March 5th, Family conferences
March 20th, Eid-al-Fitr
We do have class on special event days like Ice Skating Day.
Below are examples of weekly activities throughout the year!
January - Weather
Week One: Introduce Air element focus and weather topic, felt weather calendar, compare weather.
Week Two: Garden dream vision board, wishlist, plan
Week Three: Electricity and lightning, order seeds
Week Four: Plant paperwhites, Start weather scarf
Week Five: Start seeds indoors with growlight, Sun Salutation yoga, Solar panels (Possibly visit El Sol Brilliante with their solar powered water pumps)
Crafts: cobweb balls, paper snowflakes, ice sculpture, thunderstorm in a cup, orange pomander, windchime mobile, rain gauge, water cycle in a jar, rainy day spiral mobile, lemon pin cushion, stitched felt bookmarks.
Possible guest speaker on Cocoa.
February -Stars & Moon
Week Six: Introduce Moon, moon cycles and gardening,
Week Seven: Introduce Stars and Constellations
Week Eight: Candles (bees), Preparing for spring, Sow hardy seeds outdoors
Crafts: Star wands, roll beeswax candles, woven necklace, constellation book, starry night bookmarks, constellation theater, heart sachet.
Possible guest speaker on astronomy.
March - Birds
Week Nine: Introduce birds:beaks, feathers, wings; How do birds interact with garden, seeds.
Week Ten: Bird spotting with field guides, bird song, favorite birds
Week Eleven: Migration, Hummingbirds
Week Twelve: Bird nests, baby birds
Crafts: Bird puppets and puppetshow, birdfeeders, hummingbird perch, birds houses and nests, bird tote bags
Possible guest speaker on bird watching.
