Heritage Integrative Education

HEALTH BOWL         Education is the key to unlock the door to making bigger and better choices.  We introduce our kids to different varieties of fruits and vegetables and quiz them about the colors and shapes in the waddler and toddler years.  Parents also do their part in affirming the study of the natural abundances at home.   The multi-media reinforces these concepts in poetry, rhyme, song, dance, story, musical, video and movie formats.  The lower elementary grade levels can build on that learning by adding the culinary art and food science themes.         The upper elementary levels can extend this knowledge and learning to focus on the agricultural information and technology.  This unit of study can concentrate on expanding the know-how and the details of the source of the vegetables and fruits.  The depth of study material can include the how, when, where, what and wh...

SCIENCE SENSE        + Nature Scavenger Hunts are a good way to learn about the environment around us.  They are educational and enriching to explore and to discover the world that we inhabit.  Plan a field day and pick up things of awe and interest as you go along the trail.  Lay the things out on a flat surface and extend the activity by playing + "What is Missing Game?" <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- Fall Season --> <ins class="adsbygoogle"      style="display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px"      data-ad-client="ca-pub-3535914670136909"      data-ad-slot="5783431893"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>

Minutes In Campus        The beautiful campus was in the fourth period.  The quiet hum of the hallways was replaced by the occasional laughter of students, the sound of cutlery, the rush of chairs being pushed in and out and the sumptuous aroma of food everywhere.  Needless to say the lunch schedules had started.  It was time to get in the spirit of food, fun and friendship for atleast about twenty minutes of the day on campus.  The faculty staff started to swiftly and briskly get on board with the preparation for the afternoon part of the instruction with a few minutes to spare for a quick bite of lunch.        The students in the Math elective room were anxiously waiting for their turn.  Others were putting away the board game called "Making Change" to keep the group on the minute for lunch.  It needs the skill of knowing and recognising the dollar currency played by 3-5 players.  The b...

Reader Workshop Book Title +The Very Quiet Cricket Author +Eric Carle Illustrator Eric Carle Publisher +Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers / Philomet Books Name and Year of Award + Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, 2003   http://www.eric-carle.com/books +http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1783/Carle-Eric-1929 +http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/eric-carle-author-study        This is the story of a little cricket who is growing and learning to know his environment. The big cricket, a locust, a praying mantis, a worm, a spittlebug, a cicada, a bumblebee, a dragonfly, the mosquitoes, and a luna moth greet him with their own unique sounds and movements.  The little cricket is curious to resound their greetings and tries to rub his wings together, but no sound comes out.  Finally one day he is not a little cricket anymore.  He is a big cricket who is able to make the chirping sound by rubbing his wings ...

Reader Workshop +The Rainbow Fish +Der Regenbogenfisch Author +Marcus Pfister First published in Switzerland Translated by +J. Alison James +North-South Books Inc., New York + ABBY Winner 1995 American Booksellers Book of the Year Christopher Award Winner 1993        This story is about a very beautiful fish who wants all the fish in the sea to like him for his shining silver scales.  The wise octopus advices him to share his glistening scales with the other fish. He decides to do so, much against his desire and wishes.  When he gives away his silver scales, he is filled with a deep sense of belonging and warmth among his friends.

Global Symphony        The half, quarter and whole notes combine together to create a concert of music connecting people of diverse cultures to blend into one.  The different languages around the world are an alphabetical combination of amazing sounds that string the feelings and emotions of people all around the globe.  The Spanish language continues to amaze me as I explore it and know more about it.  The Easy Spanish Phrase Book ISBN 0-486-28086-1 from + www.doverpublications.com will make you right at home while traveling to a spanish-speaking place.  The Instructional Fair Spanish Middle/ High School by Rose Thomas ISBN -13: 978-1-56822-198-4 available at + www.carsondellosa.com is an incredible skill-builder and an excellent tool to review the language independently.  There is this other  workbook available for a more advanced student to ace well in the language. Buen Viaje! by + McGraw Hill Glencoe...

+London 2012 Olympics        Every four years the world gets a glimpse of the ultimate the mental, physical and the spiritual coordination and synchronization of the human mind can accomplish by performing the finest feats with agility, complexity, beauty and precision.  The +US Olympic trials are an inspiration to watch. The reality of the competitive athletics takes on a distinguished value and a quest for the gold. The chosen athletes around the world are on a tread mill of elite performance and magical perfection. Follow the trials, the training and the events and search for your favorite athletic event. Which inherent trait in you draws you to  that one particular sport?  Which elements of your sport are mesmerizing and appealing to you?        Track and chronolog the olympic athletes of one event. Research and write about their biodata, their athletic facts and statistics and the journey they too...