Magnolia Oak Microschool

Fall brings about fall themed tutoring activities...

Occupational therapy extended passed the walls today. We talked about using a calculator while making purchases to help understand how much Alijah would need to spend. As well as, if he would have any money left over. We took the classroom and therapy to Walmart! The self checkout associate was very patient with us.

We've been busy! Our microschoolers took part in their Saturday elective class. They are currently learning through S.T.E.A.M activities about property redevelopment projects. The scholars walked the property, learned the history of the property, learned about protected trees, and plant life using Google Lens. Now, the scholars have been tasked to draw out plans for the property. The dry creek bed pictured below runs through the City of Jackson and under a building in Jackson.

Our afterschoolers used apple cutouts to spell out their name. A few of our afterschoolers will move on to spelling out their last name.

Saturday mornings are for tutoring. We practiced on developing fine motor skills by dot painting, turned a CVC lesson into 3 activities, and traced numbers 1 to 20 and name.

Yesterday, we tried different apple products. We had red and green apple slices, Apple Jacks, and apple juice.
Everyone tried the apple juice. A few of our friends smelled the apple slices and Apple Jacks. And, a couple enjoyed the Apple Jacks and apple slices.

Did you know that Saturday is Johnny Appleseed Day? All of our activities this week is focusing on apples.

Today, we worked on fine motor skills using a q-tip to dot and paint "apples" on the apple tree.

This week's book is...

Yesterday, our afterschoolers had the opportunity to participate in International Dot Day. We used dot markers to dot the inside of a larger dot. Tge scholars signed their name at the bottom just like Vashti.

Today, we honored International Dot Day. We tied the story The Dot into a STEM Challenge. Our microschoolers are very artistic! One of our scholars took "art" to a different level with the videography skills he learned this summer. Scholars were challenged to build as many structures as they could using Dot candy and toothpicks.

Structure #1: The Star
Structure: #2: The House
Structure: #3: A House within a House