Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Open House at Phoenix Montessori
Saturday morning we skipped Pierce’s basketball practice to go to Pierce and Anna’s school for an open house. For about an hour the two of them got to show us all the things they’ve learned to do this year.
Nora and I played tag team, each staying with a kid for a little while, then switching off. Anna drew a poster-sized picture on an easel, washed, dried and put away dishes, and used a thumbtack to create the profile of North America (with a little help from her teacher).
Pierce showed us the “hanging chains”, a game that consists of clusters of 4 beads along a chain. Pierce counted each bead and labeled them using “tags” that had the correct number on it. The chain he showed us went up to “64” so Pierce had to count, recognize and use numbers up to 64. This was a small chain for him; apparently he’s gone as high as 264 -with his next project to be the 1000 hanging chain.
-Eric (Dad)
Nora and I played tag team, each staying with a kid for a little while, then switching off. Anna drew a poster-sized picture on an easel, washed, dried and put away dishes, and used a thumbtack to create the profile of North America (with a little help from her teacher).
Pierce showed us the “hanging chains”, a game that consists of clusters of 4 beads along a chain. Pierce counted each bead and labeled them using “tags” that had the correct number on it. The chain he showed us went up to “64” so Pierce had to count, recognize and use numbers up to 64. This was a small chain for him; apparently he’s gone as high as 264 -with his next project to be the 1000 hanging chain.
-Eric (Dad)
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