No Fooling Around...

No fooling around here at Laurel Mountain on April 1st.  Our kindergarten and 1st grade enrichment clusters started today.  I will post summaries of what took place in each enrichment cluster later.  But until then, I thought that I would share some pictures I took today as I walked around to each cluster. Notice the smiles, engagement, listening, sharing, learning and fun that is taking place during this hour long enrichment cluster.  Giving our youngest students these experiences in areas that they are interested in helps develop world-class talent at Laurel Mountain.  #thisiswhySEM

Ms. Schnier is going to outer space and Thing 1 (aka Mrs. Toibin) loves Dr. Suess.

"Start Your Engines" tested out the race tracks they built.

"Sybil's Sensational Science Experiments" discussed chemical reactions and what made their raisins dance.

"Fur, Feather, Scales and Fun!" concentrated on feathers this week.  They got to meet Homer, Mrs. Scott's bird.

"Games Galore" played a variety of board games, including the classic Hi Ho Cheerio!

"Origami Fun" learned the basics of paper folding.

"Hats Off  to Chefs" made their our personal pizzas.

"The Puzzle Piece Makers" worked on and finished 100 piece puzzles.

"Out of this World" explored different activities about space and space travel.

"LME Production Company" watched some examples of kid made movies before they start their own.

"Hocus Pocus" learned how to make cups float.

"Amazing Paper Airplanes" learned how to make some basic paper airplane models.

"LEGO: Everything is Awesome" built and explored with LEGOs.  For some, this was their first time to play with LEGOs.

"Animal House" watched some movies to learn about animals before creating their own.

"I 'Heart' Suess" listened to The Lorax before making a Lorax finger puppet.