What we did in LIFT

NOTE: Tuition is due next week for April!

I am staffing a teen leadership program at the capitol during the week of the 23rd so we will meet only the other 4 weeks in April.

The dates we will meet in April are the 2nd, 9th, 16th and the 30th .

This week we had a great class! We played some amazing developmentary, reasoning and logic game that all the kids really enjoyed.

This week in science we learned Volcanoes! We talked about it, read books and even watched some videos of erupting volcanoes!

We made home made clay so that next week we can make a model volcano with it, and watch it erupt too!!!

Each week the kids get more enthusiastic and involved at LIFT. It is amazing to see how quickly these kids are improving!

What we did in class!

I am looking forward to another LIFT class this week after our little break.

Last class, we studied the artist Marc Chagall (and compared his work to Monet’s impressionism!) and since Chicago has some very large mosaics of his work, we also made our own mosaics.

But before making them we played different games and sorting activities and enjoyed playing with and discussing the various mosaic pieces.

We also read together and did other creative activities.

It is amazing to see how much all your children are increasing in their attention span, ability to focus, creativity and just involvement in discussions and activities. They are great kids.

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to work with your child. I enjoy our time together so much.

I am sorry that I have gotten this out late, I have been out of town.

We got some new foam geometrical shapes, and played a ton of learning games with those.
The Kids had to use fast thinking skills, recognize objects, memorize patterns and use there brains! Most of them still have trouble recognizing shapes and colors quickly, but are learning fast!

Our unit study for this week was one of the human bodies Senses: Taste!

First we acted as scientists and discovered eveything that we could just by looking, feeling and observing.

After discussing how the tongue works and reading about it, we made tongue charts and did a taste test to see which spots of the taste buds taste which flavors.
Everyone learned to identify each of the 4 main flavors by taste: bitter, sour, sweet and salty. It sounds easy to adults, but it was actually quite challenging for these little ones!

The kids also used there creativity to make and decorate little Taste books while I read to them.

I am seeing major improvment in the kids that have been coming to LIFT for even just a couple weeks.

It really is amazing to see these little ones articulate, remember and create!


LIVING EDUCATION REALLY DOES WORK!

What to do at home:
- Have your kids give you a taste test!