Early Learning Center

The students at the Early Learning Center preformed four fantastic Mother's Day Program.  America - Land of the Free, Home of the Brave! was presented to all the mothers, grandmothers and special guests in the audience.  the students sang songs, portraited famous American figures, and played instruments during their patriotic pragrams.  After the programs the audience enjoyed refreshments and toured their classroom.

Linda Richards, Music Teacher

Kay Halford, Principal

Happy Mother's Day!

The students and staff at the Early Learning Center took a field trip to Ballards Nature Center.

The students and staff explored and learned alot about nature from all the fanatsic volunteers.

The students learned the importance of our planet Earth.

Each student made a 'Circle of Earth Bracelet'.

We learned that pollination is the process by which pollen in transferred to plants.

The students ran, walked, and crawled through a course to understand how hard a bee has to work to pollinate a plant(s). 

The students listened to story read to them about animals.

The students explored the various activities in the exhibit area of the Center.

These girls played Tic-Tac-Toe- with insects.

We saw what animals live in a tree.

This student is viewing the outside using the periscope.

This student is bird watching.

The students listened to the various calls birds make to speak to each other.

We learned what aninals they would find living around the wetlands.

The students listened to a presentation on frogs.

The students learned the life cycle of a worm.

We saw real worms.

They even created their own worm.

Cool!

We had a great field trip at the Ballard Nature Center!

The students at the Early Learning Center celebrated their April High-Five Behavior Party with a butterfly theme.

The celebration started with a story about a caterpillar that became a beautiful butterfly.  The students then had a  Glow Dance with butterfly glow wands.

Wow!

This is great!

After dancing, the students cooled down with a butterful cupcake snack.

Then.......

...each class took their butterfly cage to the playground.

The students watched with wide eyes the releasing of their butterflies into nature.

The KickStart Mobile from Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Systems stopped at the Early Learning Center.

KickStart is part of Sarah Bush Lincoln’s health Kids Education Program.  The program is a guideline to healthy lifestyle and targets the most common factors in preventing childhood obesity. 

KickStart has his own fun and wacky personality, as you can see.  In addition to its bright over the top exterior, the vehicle has multiple interactive features including custom sit-up bars, swivels jump ropes, and resistance bands.

KickStart helps kids learn that their bodied need healthy foods to keep them running well just like a car needs gasoline.

One of our very one, Charlie Huber, an EHS art teacher, assisted in the design of the vehicle.  Great Job and Thank You!

For more information about the KickStart Mobile, contact Sarah Betts, Healthy Kids Educator at 217-345-6827.

All the classes at the Ealy Learning Center received Painted Lady larvae.  The studnents watched as the caterpillars entered the pupal stage, becoming iridescent chrysalids.  They were carefully removed from the container and placed the butterfly habitat.  Everyone is looking forward to seeing the butterflies hatch.

Stay tuned for upcoming developments!