Full Steam Ahead

Interdisciplinary, multi-sensory learning is the heart of the Preschool experience at ROBS. This was apparent in January when our Prekindergarten students joyfully embarked on an exploration of the single most essential molecule in our lives – water.

Students learned vocabulary words like condensation, precipitation, and saturation, and experimented with surface tension by using their fine-motor skills and a pipette to collect water droplets on a penny. Students were captivated by the Rain Cloud in a Jar experiment, where they observed food coloring saturate shaving cream “clouds,” creating rain.

Students wrapped up the unit by creating their own depiction of a waterfall, using layered painting techniques to capture the many colors and aspects of water.

“With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.”

Isaiah 12:3

“Create in me a pure heart, O God…”

Psalm 51:10

COMMUNITY HEART ART

When we began the year in a hybrid model, Lower School students were divided into A and B groups, alternating days on and off campus to minimize close contacts between students. Pre-recorded, asynchronous specials lessons allowed students in grades one through four to watch the Community Heart Art lesson remotely. Guided virtually by Mrs. Moseley and Mrs. Davis, students created a paper mosaic heart with a patterned background on their days at home. After completing their projects, students turned them in when their cohort was at School. The hearts were proudly displayed throughout the Lower School, brightening our unusually quiet and bare hallways. The Community Heart Art project brought our community together, even when the pandemic was keeping us apart.