Dig into at-home learning activities with the Garnet Valley High School Big Jags
We may not be able to share our time together in the classroom during COVID19 restrictions, but we can share and explore the great outdoor classroom through online gatherings. And now more than ever, we all could use a little fresh air and sunshine to rejuvenate our spirits. So come along and join the Garnet Valley High School Big Jags with inquiry based learning activities coupled with the true Little Jag traditions we've come to know and love for so many years.
More information
Angela McKeever and Paula Dugan are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Little Jags' Online Gatherings Time: This is a recurring meeting Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays from 10:30 - 11:15 BREAK 11:45 - 12:30 (in conjunction with GVHS calendar)
Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/99654857337
To Register for Fall 2021-2022 Sessions:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zL5MoTIeIpCrM81GmtdZwAHRUwFygJceLBQ8PQqG-OU/edit?usp=sharing
Application:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RVhrARn_dzZFv8yPb0o7B5S3Pm649KljUlBWaLpU2sc/edit?usp=sharing
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Baby it is cold outside, but creative inside! Children are born with an incredible capacity and desire to learn. More than 40 years of research confirms the foundational importance of early education and care for children’s school and life success. It is essential that children’s first experiences are robust ones, steeped in activities that develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, a deep understanding about themselves in a social society, and age-appropriate content. | Learning Connections Young children make learning connections through authentic hands on experiences. Professionals that allow children time to explore and discover both inside and outside, optimize children’s capacity to internalize and generalize content by making their own connections to prior knowledge. All children, regardless of age and ability, need opportunities to engage in practice activities and experiences that are steeped in play. Adults should design learning experiences with connections among multiple domains. Integrated learning experiences support both content and social and cultural learning | By Zoom or By Room.... Instructional practices must embed the domains of development— cognitive, social-emotional, language, and physical—with approaches to learning that enable children to explore, understand, and reach beyond the “here and now” to challenge themselves, experiment, and transform information into meaningful content and skills. |
Baby it is cold outside, but creative inside!
Learning Connections
By Zoom or By Room....
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How to Make Snow by Cora & Griffin Last week we learned about Water! What happens to water when it gets cold or frozen? Miss Cora and Mr. Griffin took on the challenge of making fake snow thanks to their Big Jags Science Lesson! Thank you for sharing your science experiment with us! | Demonstrating Understanding of the process of Scientific Inquiry Cora and Griffin are demonstrating the understanding of the process of Scientific Inquiry: PA Early Learning Standard 3.2a Chemistry What happens when you mix baking soda and hair conditioner together? Leads us to ask what happens when water in the air gets cold enough but not frozen? | Family Fun! Cora's family joins in on the fun! 3.3 PK.A.4 Identify a variety of uses for water. The learner will: • Identify ways water can be used. (e.g., drinking, washing, watering plants, putting out fires, boating, and fishing) • Explore water during play. |
How to Make Snow by Cora & Griffin
Demonstrating Understanding of the process of Scientific Inquiry
PA Early Learning Standard 3.2a Chemistry
What happens when you mix baking soda and hair conditioner together? Leads us to ask what happens when water in the air gets cold enough but not frozen?
Family Fun!
3.3 PK.A.4 Identify a variety of uses for water. The learner will: • Identify ways water can be used. (e.g., drinking, washing, watering plants, putting out fires, boating, and fishing) • Explore water during play.
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Little Jags' Growing Gardeners - Using the Great Outdoors as our Common Classroom (Scotts Miracle Grow)
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Learning, though not always visible, is always happening. The lessons are designed using inquiry as a base. Rather than “right answers” be more concerned with asking good questions.
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Things may not go as planned. The lessons are designed to be used in whatever way works best for you. You can use all of the lesson or just pull a piece out of it.
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Planting and cultivating a garden is believing in possibility. The lessons are designed to generate excitement about the future.
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Each lesson includes a way to take the learning out into the community for more learning and more connection.
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When a young child’s innate curiosity is unleashed in a garden the possibilities are endless. Any topic is open for exploration.
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You will get dirty. There will be bugs.
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Make A Mark And See Where It Takes you.... Join us for Free On-line Fall, Winter & Spring Developmentally Appropriate Activities for the love of learning and growing! | Awe | Wonder |
Make A Mark And See Where It Takes you....
Awe
Wonder
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Our Playground Ground Hogs live under the soil and eat our plants! This week we studied Water, Soil & Critters! | We now have three or more Groundhog Critters! It was rainy this week, but we saw our Groundhog family enjoying our soil and water. | This is where our Groundhogs live! Stay tuned, we will try to take a picture when our Groundhog family comes out. What kind of Critters live near you? |
Our Playground Ground Hogs live under the soil and eat our plants!
We now have three or more Groundhog Critters!
This is where our Groundhogs live!
What kind of Critters live near you?
Garnet Valley Little Jags Preschool