Today Miss Monica made authentic Mexican corn tortillas with the children, using a metal press to flatten the masa dough. They were delicious served with Mexican fresh cheese (queso fresco), and were very popular with the kids!
Casa 1
Astronomy Lecture by Mr. Guy
Today Mr. Guy (Marissa and Jared’s dad) visited Casa and talked to us about the universe! He shared some beautiful pictures and taught us that there are many, many, MANY stars in the universe. We looked at real Hubble photographs of galaxies and tried to imagine all those stars far, far away from our own Earth. Ask your child if he or she remembers his story about how the planets were formed (hint- William, Raya, Brandon and Olivia acted it out!)
Wednesday Culture Cooking
For this week’s “culture cooking” we made stuffing, and talked about Thanksgiving in Canada.
Globes, and the Inner Earth
Casa students are continuing to learn about our Earth home! We have discussed different ways of representing the Earth, focusing on globes. These discussions include distinguishing between “land” and “water”, as well as “solid” and “liquid.” Ms. Andrea and Ms. Helene presented the “Inner Earth” lesson at group time, and the children were introduced to the terms “crust,” “mantle,” “outer core,” and “inner core.”
Exploring our Gustatory Senses!
In Casa we spend time exploring each of our five senses in the Sensorial area. One day each week we pay special attention to our gustatory (tasting) sense!In Casa 1 the children did a “taste test” comparing bananna and pineapple and taking a survey of the student’s and teachers’ preferences. In Casa 2 the children will be experiencing sweet, salty, sour and bitter flavors and using a blindfold to do a blind taste test. Ask your child which flavors he or she prefers!
First Show-and-Tell in Casa1
Show and tell has been a lot of fun! Some highlights include: favorite story books from home, books about family heritage, a family photo from Disneyland and one from the Space Center, learning chopsticks (that Louis really uses at lunch!), a real shark tooth, an art project from home, a Legoland “driver license!”
The children each had an opportunity to “tell” about their item, and to field two questions or comments from the audience- wonderful preparation for future public speaking! Thanks to parents for your help in making show-and-tell a success.
