Helping Others
Our Community Service Project
Each year the St. James teacher and students pick a community service project. At St. James we teach children to help others. A special thank you to everyone that brought books for our service project. We were able to give
Casa of NE Texas 650 BOOKS! These books will be used to spread a little sunshine into a child's life.
The World is A Rainbow
This week we learned about the colors of the rainbow. As your child painted at the easel they learned about color recognition and sequence. Painting the arc requires coordination and it strengthens the small hand muscles.
St. Patrick’s Day Activities
Patterns with shamrocks and gold coins
Each child had to make an AB pattern with shamrocks and gold coins.
Patterns help children identify, and create sequences in everyday life. They build foundational skills for math by enabling children to make predictions, understand structure, and recognize order.
Dance a Jig!
After all the fun, it was time to dance a jig. Everyone had a blast! A special thank you to Mrs. Lisa for showing us how to dance a jig. Mrs. Lisa is a retired teacher from St. James and she was thrilled to visit the classroom.
OUR NEW UNIT
The Sand Unit
During the SAND UNIT your child will explore sand through sensory play, literacy and math skills. We will be creating sand art and answering daily questions about where sand is found.
What Holds More?
Children love to work with capacity. They may not realize it, but all the scooping and pouring they do at the water table or in the sandbox are experiences with capacity. We teach them to use holds more and holds less to compare the capacity of containers.
