Bananas for Learning

Fall in the Bananas I'm not sure how, but November is nearly over and we are barreling ahead into December and the end of 2023! My apologies for not updating our blog earlier, but we've been so busy learning and having fun!  Through October and November we learned so much about fall; about the things we see, hear, taste, touch and smell as the weather gets cooler. During our apple unit we did painted with apples, learned about the apple life cycle, and even made homemade applesauce. While everyone agreed it smelled amazing, not everyone liked it!  After learning all we could about apples, we moved onto learning about leaves! We talked about the different colors of leaves, the different shapes and sizes, and why they change colors during the fall. The students were given rakes and the ability to rake up the leaves while they were playing outside. The following week we learned about pumpkins! Again we talked about the pumpkin life cycle and how pumpkins grow in a pumpkin patch. ...

September Wrap-Up! I cannot believe that the month of September is gone and we have been in school for a month! These kiddos have been doing amazing things at school and I can't wait to tell you all that we've been up to!  I've also had a few people ask me for another link to our Amazon Wishlist so you can find that here:  https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1YRSO7IXK43F0?ref_=wl_share And many thanks to those who have so generously already donated from it!  The first couple of weeks in school we focused on routines and expectations at school; how to use the materials, appropriate behavior on the playground, and to clean up after ourselves. These are things we need to do every day so we have to make sure that we are doing them correctly! As the materials that went home outlined, we also made sure to talk about our feelings and how they fit in The Zones of Regulation. That has really helped give us language to talk to the kids when they are upset and help them problem so...

Welcome to the Bananas blog for the 2023-2024 school year! This will be a place where we will share photos and news from our classroom at Frankie Lemmon School. We will update this blog at least once a month, but hopefully more often.  We are a class of 3-4 year olds and we will be focusing on growing in our academics, social-emotional awareness, and overall school readiness. We have an excellent team and look forward to partnering with you to make this an excellent school year!