Spring Session
Water Focus
Our session begins April 1st and ends on June 25 .
The class is from 2:45-5pm. Pickup no later than 5:30pm.
No class:
April 14-18 Spring Break (Monday - Friday)
May 26, Memorial Day (Monday)
June 5, Eid-al-Adha (Thursday)
June 6th, Clerical Day (Friday)
June 19, Juneteenth (Thursday)
Half Days offered include April 12 and May 17.
We do have class on special days like Field Day and Beach Day.
April - Clouds
Week One: 4/2-4/3, Introduce water session and cloud focus, Different types of clouds--start Focus: stratus,
Week Two: 4/8-4/9, Focus on cirrus Cloud animals, cloud stories in the sky, Begin adjust seedlings to cold weather. Continue planting outside.
Week Three: 4/15-4/17, Focus on cumulus clouds, paint bottle caps
Week Four: 4/29-5/1, Focus on nimbus clouds, paint bottle caps
Crafts: Cloud pictures, cloud wheels, wet on wet watercolors, rainy day mobile, thundercloud in a cup.
May - Plants
Week Five: 5/6-5/8, Introduce plants, plant anatomy. Continue transplanting and adjust to cold, and sowing directly.
Week Six: 5/13-5/15, Work on flower arrangements for teacher appreciation and mother's day
Week Seven: 5/20-5/22, Carnivorous plants, purchase one and observe. Finish outdoor sowing
Week Eight: 5/28-5/29, Make and sell herb garden window boxes from seedlings
Crafts: beanbags, compost tea, popcorn grass garden, bee oasis, finish collecting plants for herbarium.
Possible Guest speaker on Foraging
June - Water
Week Nine: 6/3-6/5, Introduce water, do lots of watering in the garden. Finish transplanting.
Week Ten: 6/10-6/12, Water cycle, freezing water
Week Eleven: 6/18-6/20, Water samples. Clean water v. dirty water. Water safe to drink.
Week Twelve: 6/24-6/25, Where does our water come from? Oceans, rivers, we are all connected.
Crafts: water cycle in a jar, freezing edible flowers in ice cubes, finish recycled bottle caps installation, felt playmat, wet on wet watercolors, walnut boats, rubber band-powered wooden boats.