3/14/14
Dear RiverRun Families
Spring
is on its way! With the winter cold
almost to an end and the much welcome light we will be re-energized and ready
for busy work weeks. The children are
making good progress on the State Reports.
Many have completed the information gathering stage and are beginning to
type. In the last Friday letter I
suggested a typing program we use here.
It is free, but you may have had difficulty connecting to it. Here is the website again;
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/.com
We
continue to discuss the Timeline of Writing.
The cave paintings were completed by the children on Tuesday. We re-enacted the finding of the caves in
Lascaux as we journeyed down to our basement in the dark with flashlights
looking for our dog Robot. As we
searched for Robot we “discovered” the painting. We also talked about St. Patrick, who was
born in Britain, kidnapped as a teenager by Irish raiders attacking his families
estate and was held captive for about 6 years.
During his captivity he became a shepherd and a religious man. Once he returned to Britain he studied to be
a priest and later returned to Ireland as a missionary. During his work as a missionary he taught the
Roman alphabet to the Irish. His
teachings helped advance writing in Europe.
“Education is a natural process
carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to words but by
experiences in the environment.” –Maria Montessori
Dates to Remember:
March 20 &21-No School
March 21- Parent teacher conference
March 26-Field Trip to the Egg
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