Category Archives: In the Classroom

Carrots & Beets at Decatur YMCA

For our lesson with the Decatur YMCA preschoolers this week, we picked up carrots and beets from the Decatur Farmers Market.  To begin the lesson, we read the book “Tops and Bottoms” by Janet Stevens – a story about a clever hare that tricks a lazy bear into using his land and reaping the best harvestContinue reading “Carrots & Beets at Decatur YMCA”

Trees Atlanta: October Visit

SPARK second graders had the opportunity to explore the trees around our campus with Ms. Sabrina from Trees Atlanta this week! They learned about different types of leaves from smooth to serrated to lobed. We are looking forward to our next class with Trees Atlanta as the seasons change from fall to winter!

Preschool Lesson: Cool Weather Salad

South Jackson preschoolers today tore their kale, poured their olive oil, ground their salt, squeezed their lemon, dripped their honey, and broke off their broccoli to make their own cool weather salad all by themselves… All of them were brave enough to try something brand new and most of them even liked it!        Continue reading “Preschool Lesson: Cool Weather Salad”