All preschoolers are kinesthetic learners. So this means that they learn best through active, play-based learning. Take at look at our youngest Rams in action!
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Parachute activities in physical education (PE) with kindergarteners can help children develop motor skills, cognitive concepts, and social-emotional skills. Take a look!
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Did you know that books for kids contain 50% more words that children are unlikely to encounter by only watching TV? So get together with your kindergartener and read a story today!
Chestnut students took advantage of the warm weather and headed outside for a Fall Scavenger Hunt. Be sure to ask them what they found.
Chestnut Street kindergartners activated their minds by marching first thing....now they are busy learning letters and sounds!
Take a look!
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Happy Thursday! Let's celebrate our wonderful littles as they paraded on our back field. Thank you to our SS Music scholars for making our morning special!
Kindergarteners at Chestnut Street are learning about book knowledge. Today they were able to "take" books from our school library. Check out their interest and focus!
Chestnut Street's morning was filled with Fall Festival Fun. Thanks to our team here and PTA for making the day joyful and lighthearted!
At Chestnut Street, we are enjoying breakfast, climbing on the playground and learning about sight words....all in our pajamas!
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Kindergartners are practicing counting out amounts using one to one correspondence.
Look how smart our youngest Rams are!
Thank you to the WHFD for visiting Chestnut Street today to help raise awareness about fire safety. Take a look at our youngest Rams learning about fire safety!
#WHe are celebrating our love of reading, everywhere here at Chestnut Street. Take a look at some of our learning today.
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Reading is Everywhere at Chestnut! Invite your child(ren) to recognize letters and sight words on all family errands and adventures.
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Today at Chestnut, kindergartners learned about "persisting," our first Habit of Mind we practice. Take a look and ask them what it means to "persist."
Whether learning letter sound correspondence or creating new shapes with clay, our UPK and Kindergarten students are engaged today!
Take a look at one of Mr. Dooley's classes working on both gross and fine motor skills during Phys Ed today at Chestnut Street.
Chestnut Street kindergartners were moving and grooving this afternoon. Whether making shapes with our bodies or practicing yoga poses, our students were actively engaging their bodies and minds!
Take a look at the book Mariana made in Mrs. Scully's and Mrs. Aqualina's Class. She is sharing what kindergarteners have learned so far at Chestnut Street. We are all growing as authors!
"Turn and talk" is a collaborative learning strategy that involves students discussing a prompt or question with a partner for a short time. Take a look at Mrs. North's Class giving it a try today.
Kindergarteners are reading "Chalk" this week. Be sure to ask your child(ren), "what was missing in this story?"
Check out their active learning application!
