Monday, January 21, 2013

Minute to Win It LEAP session...

What a fun session we had on Friday!  I wanted to share some websites that we discussed.  These sites contain information about games that were played in ancient times as well some tips for creating a board game of your own today.   Mary Abbott shared some games from the 1700's (Shut the Box and Morgan's Revenge).  We played these old-fashioned games and then did a very modern activity-played Adventure games on my X-box and Kinect!  The girls are interested in creating their own games - either skill games or a board game.  I have some photos that I will add to this blog soon.

Websites:
Board Game Tips
Games of Ancient Times
Board Game Steps 

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Additional Parent Opportunities...

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Parent Opportunity

"The Value of a St. Mary's Education" - Head of School, Albert Throckmorton will speak about the cost and value of a St. Mary's education and about how St. Mary's guards your daughter's safety.  Meet in the GLR from 8-8:45 January 16, 2013.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Penguin Postcards

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Penguin Postcards to Antarctica -
Here are photos of the postcards that several of our 2nd graders sent to researchers in Antarctica.  The researchers are studying penguins and their habitats.  
Any students who are interested may use the links below to learn more about penguins.  Two of the links are from facilities in the United States that house penguins.  Enjoy!

http://www.calacademy.org/webcams/penguins/

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/efc_splash/splash_cam.aspx

http://www.crayola.com/crafts/penguin-fact-card-craft/?utm_source=cheetah&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=earlychildhood0113

http://www.nothingbutpenguins.com/how-to-draw-penguins/ 

December Book Club

December Book Club -
We met on December 13th to share some of our favorite holiday books and Mrs. Moore told us about a new book that our library acquired this year (a very moving story!).  We are going to compile a "Book Club Cookbook" with family recipes that we love and Jessica has already made a notebook with a beautiful cover for our collection.  We plan to bring these recipes to our January meeting.