This week’s news from the classroom:
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Weekly Highlights: February 1-5
February 3rd, 2010Weekly Highlights: January 25-29
January 27th, 2010Check out what’s happening in the TWLS classrooms this week. Here are highlights from our excellent teachers.
Weekly Highlights: January 18-22
January 20th, 2010For parents who’d like to keep up to date on the lessons your kids are learning and the fun they’re having, here’s a few highlights:
Financial Planning for Special Needs Children: Feb. 23rd Seminar
January 19th, 2010If you are a family caring for a dependent with special needs and have questions about their financial future, come listen to an interactive workshop on February 23rd, 7-8pm at The Whole Learning School. Presenters Maura Steblay, Licensed Parent Educator, MAEd and Melissa Morris, SpecialCare planner will speak on:
Weekly Highlights: January 11-15
January 12th, 2010For parents who’d like to keep up to date on the lessons your kids are learning and the fun they’re having, here’s a few highlights:
This week, the kids have been learning a lot of practical skills - reading, ASL, and sports.
· In Sonday, all the students have been making remarkable progress in their reading skills.
· At recess, we’ve been learning the rules of basketball & playing some too!
· In ASL class, we were introduced to new signs about outdoor adventures. For example, we learned to sign “backyard”, “explore”, “forest”, and many terms for adventurous animals.
Not only that, but there’s been some creative work too. One group is making holiday placemats using leaves, glitter, construction paper, feathers, markers, and crayons.
What should you ask your kids about this week?
Ask them to show you two new ASL signs!
Sensory Integration & Exercise
December 16th, 2009The Whole Learning School’s philosophy of sensory integration and holistic education is that mind and body are inextricably intertwined; without a body that feels ready to learn, a mind will never be able to achieve to its potential. Have you ever had a day where you were bursting with so much energy that it interfered with your ability to sit and study? Or one where you got out of bed and felt sluggish, as if your mind and body hadn’t realized that you were supposed to be awake? Our students have those same kinds of days, so every morning,we prepare them to learn by activating a brain/body connection that balances energy levels.
A Walk around TWLS
December 2nd, 2009A few months back, we moved into a great new building on Highway 55 in Plymouth. For those of you who have not had the chance to visit yet, try this virtual walk around our campus, as of a blustery day in late November.
A TWLS Daily Schedule
November 23rd, 2009What are the TWLS kids up to today? Quite a lot of things, as it turns out.
Here’s a schedule from one of our classrooms: (click to see)
Best wishes, Ruth!
November 18th, 2009
This afternoon, the Whole Learning School community came together to wish Ruth Cracraft well in her new full-time position at a local daycare. Since August 2006, Ruth has been a vibrant member of our community here, beloved by students and faculty alike. An expert dancer, she inspired TWLS students to practice movement and balance in her morning yoga lessons, and taught valuable skills and mental agility through spelling and writing classes.
Today, kebabs, flowers, and a student-composed song saw her off in grand style. She will be missed, but at TWLS, we never say goodbye - only “see you later.” We hope to see you again soon, Ruth!
November Connections
November 17th, 2009Don’t forget: TWLS Connections, our quarterly newsletter, came out yesterday. Take a look at it here.
Highlights:
-Read about the growing American Sign Language (ASL) program at TWLS, started just last year to enhance brain processing and allow students to overcome their communications barriers to make new friends.
-Until 8pm tonight, GiveMN has agreed to match all donations made through their website to the Whole Learning School. Take a look at www.giveMN.org.