Heritage Integrative Education

THE ACADEMIC EDGE         It is a proactive way of self-evaluating and searching for the strong areas of your personality to unfold the appropriate resources and links for learning and reflecting.  The daily process of reflecting on the  content we see, read, hear and discuss about helps us in sifting and sorting through our schema and lead us forward in our personal journey of discovery, construction of ideas and cognitive stamina.  

HEALTH TRACK           The current and updated standard of food assortments for students carries with it a gigantic measure of nutritional merit.  It is an indirect and a very positive message of making better, more winning choices and having an energetic day in school.  It is a step in the right direction to raising the quality of education in the scholastic and academic environment. NUTRITION RULES!!

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.