The Beginning . . .

Our first month in LED has been an amazing journey through new beginnings.  We began with our classroom community, making new friends, welcoming new students and parents, getting to know new teachers, and beginning our educational year together. 

We started at the beginning with our curriculum as well . . . the beginning of the universe.  From there, many lessons came forth, including the commencement of universe projects.  The students are busily researching their chosen celestial topic and we are looking forward to posting their art and reports on our patio wall.  After the orgins of the universe, we studied the beginning of the Earth and then moved on to the beginning of life on Earth.  Finally, the month ended with the beginning of humans on Earth.

As chance would have it, we also had a holiday celebration about new beginnings:  Rosh Hashanah.  There are some lovely pictures posted on this blog of the students doing an amazing job of blowing the shofar (ram’s horn).  There are also some photos of the students during our first days together.

From the ‘Story of Humans’ springs numerous additional studies, including the ‘Common Needs of People’, the ‘Origins of Writing’, and the ‘Origins of Numbers’.  Many lessons will follow these larger studies, which will be detailed in our forthcoming October curriculum post.  Check back with us on or after October 7th.  See you soon!