Monday's Tattler

It's Monday and a brand new week. We will be going to New Harmony this week. It's a pioneer day with all the bells and whistles or so I have been told. We will leave about 9:30 from school on Friday, and will return by 1:15. Children will need to wear their school shirts. It will cost $10.00 per child.

This week we will be working on math extras, reading extras, and all kinds of extras because our dear little guys have learned all that they need to know to go on next year, so the rest of the school year we will be exploring new things and testing out their determination and their sense of curiosity.

One of the little games we have been doing in math is Suduko. To play Suduko, one needs to check, recheck, ask questions, guess, and try and then recheck work. It's a very helpful tool for the inquisitive child.

The game rules: There are nine squares, which are made up of nine columns and nine rows. One must use each of nine numbers to fit into the nine squares, nine rows and nine columns without repeating the number in any of the nine squares, rows or columns. It's a real thought provoker.

If you've been out to the playground, the work that has been done out there is the work of Miss Leigh. She has painted, moved, torn down, and put up equipment and re-arranged the whole yard. It looks wonderful. I am so pleased with all that she has done.

Miss Dayna is adamant about the food garden and is beginning to work on that. It's a chore and we are grateful for her interest.

We have started a geography lesson on the United States. We touched on Alaska last week, and will continue with a new state every week. We hope the children enjoy this.

Miss Amy continues to create a vocabulary book in her Word Power class. The children seem to be able to do so much this year.

Spring Sing looms in the near future. It's just two weeks away. The children are all reviewing the songs they have loved from this year.

The Scholastic Book Fair arrives today. It will be opened for sales as soon as possible. The sales will be in Miss Leigh's room.

Have a great week!