Watching our children experiment with sponges at the recent Science Fair reminds me of the old adage: children are like sponges, they soak up every experience.
Take a look at the other Science fair pictures and see what else we watched, touched, and explored.
Soon many of our students will go on to explore the world of kindergarten. Graduation is always a happy yet sad time for our school staff. We’re so proud of our kids and confident of their abilities to face the challenges of kindergarten. We’re also a little sad to say goodbye to these children who are part of our family. Where has the time gone? Wasn’t it just yesterday that most of these kids were in the two-year-old classes, discovering simple science properties, the concept of numbers and the sounds of letters? Now they are grown up four and five-year-olds, reading sight words and books as well as using phonic skills to decode words, applying math concepts to solve problems, writing their names, addresses and phone numbers and becoming authors of small books.
Some of our graduates will be with us for the summer. Each week in the summer session we explore a different theme. Our kids will be excavating dinosaurs, celebrating our nation’s independence, exploring the treasures of the sea (and getting very wet on Sprinkler Day!), discovering our solar system, learning about farm animals, taking pretend vacations to distant lands and hosting a circus with the children performing all the circus stunts. We will also welcome visits from community helpers such as police officers, nurses, etc. It will be a very busy summer!
I continue to look forward to each day with our children as we explore, discover, and learn. What fun we have at Williams School!
Paula Hawkins
