Winter Session
Air Focus
Our 13-week session begins January 2nd and ends on March 27. We will dress in layers and at a minimum do our nature walk outside. Should we need a respite from the cold or a place to work on crafts, we have Room 207 available to use inside the school.
The class is from 2:45-5pm. Pickup no later than 5:30pm.
No class during Mid-Winter Break, Martin Luther King Day.
Half Days offered include January 26 and March 15.
Each month has a craft list of possible projects related to the curriculum below.
January - Weather
Week One: 1/2-1/3, Introduce Air element focus and weather topic, felt weather calendar, compare weather.
Week Two: 1/8-1/10, Garden dream plan, wishlist, plan
Week Three: 1/14-1/17, Electricity and lightning, order seeds
Week Four: 1/22-1/24, Focus on learning to knit, Plant paperwhites, Start weather scarf
Week Five: 1/29-1/31, Start seeds indoors with growlight, Sun Salutation yoga, Solar panels (Possibly visit El Sol Brilliante with their solar powered water pumps)
Crafts: cobweb balls, paper snowflakes, ice sculpture, thunderstorm in a cup, orange pomander, windchime mobile, rain gauge, water cycle in a jar, rainy day spiral mobile, lemon pin cushion, stitched felt bookmarks.
Possible guest speaker on Cocoa.
February -Stars & Moon
Week Six: 2/5-2/8, Introduce Moon, moon cycles and gardening,
Week Seven: 2/12-2/15, Introduce Stars and Constellations
Week Eight: 2/26-2/29, Candles (bees), Preparing for spring, Sow hardy seeds outdoors
Crafts: Star wands, roll beeswax candles, woven necklace, constellation book, starry night bookmarks, constellation theater, heart sachet.
Possible guest speaker on astronomy.
March - Birds
Week Nine: 3/4-3/6, Introduce birds:beaks, feathers, wings; How do birds interact with garden, seeds.
Week Ten: 3/11-3/13, Bird spotting with field guides, bird song, favorite birds
Week Eleven: 3/18-3/20, Migration, Hummingbirds
Week Twelve, 3/25-3/27, Bird nests, baby birds
Crafts: Bird puppets and puppetshow, birdfeeders, hummingbird perch, birds houses and nests, bird tote bags
Possible guest speaker on bird watching.
