Jericho STEM children give back! 4/29/22
November
November 8, National STEM/STEAM Day is a day meant to inspire children to explore and pursue their interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. Why is S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. so important, now more than ever before? • S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. is all around us and shapes our everyday experiences • Of the U.S. Labor Department ‘s predicted 10 fastest growing occupations, nearly all of them are S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. careers; therefore, an interest in S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. early on can lead to success later on in life • The U.S. has fallen behind other nations in science and math education; we need to motivate young kids to pursue these subjects to keep up with the rest of the world • We must close the gender gap that exists in S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. related careers. Building interest in girls is critical to their future earning potential. Today's STEM challenges include: Cooking, color mixing, making Parachutes, Making animals that can stand on 3 legs and is at least 4 cubes long, creating 2 drums that make different sounds October 2022, New at our academy Cooking With Books! A cooking program where we bring literature to life! It is offered every Monday and Tuesday during regular school programming. February 2022, We are pleased to announce that our 2 pre-k classes will begin learning American sign Language this Friday. Each week Kamryn Shea will be in our school and will introduce her ASL program to the children. We are doing this because research has demonstrated that adding the visual and kinesthetic elements (American Sign Language) to verbal communication helped to enhance the vocabulary, spelling, and reading skills in the participating preschool children. This research was conducted by Dr. Marilyn Daniels, a professor of speech communication at Penn State University. Babies as young as 6 months can learn to make and understand basic sign language and communicate with others. By teaching the spoken word along with the sign, many parents find that their children learn to speak faster and more easily than many of their peers. If you are wondering when the best age is to learn sign language for kids, then the answer seems to be while they are only a few months old. November 2021 Jericho STEM Academy has a new music program for the 2021 school year. We are happy to announce that we will be using Stacy Kelly Music! Please follow this link to her music, https://stacyandathena.com/ |
2021-2022
Jericho STEM Offers exciting science themes to our students in our ANIMAL KINGDON ENRICHMENT PROGRAM!
Children explore form and function in science activities––investigating differences in teeth, feet, animal tracks, camouflage and adaptation in multiple habitats. They learn about the arctic tundra, savannahs, rainforests, the layers of the ocean, and the moon,
Jericho STEM Offers exciting science themes to our students in our ANIMAL KINGDON ENRICHMENT PROGRAM!
Children explore form and function in science activities––investigating differences in teeth, feet, animal tracks, camouflage and adaptation in multiple habitats. They learn about the arctic tundra, savannahs, rainforests, the layers of the ocean, and the moon,
2020-2021
Jericho STEM introduces outdoor learning!
Schools around Long Island are attempting to navigate COVID-19 social distancing requirements with outdoor classroom time. We have face masks, temperature checks, partitions on desks and a large playground with room for outdoor classrooms.
Schools around Long Island are attempting to navigate COVID-19 social distancing requirements with outdoor classroom time. We have face masks, temperature checks, partitions on desks and a large playground with room for outdoor classrooms.
Author of the Month-Jericho STEM Academy introduces monthly author study to their preschoolers!
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Jericho Stem stresses the importance of social distancing and wearing masks in creative ways!!!
We are working on painting our own emojis and will put masks on them. We will also include messages that remind us to wear masks, social distance, and wash hands often. This is a subject we address often, and we are very proud of how the children remind each other to wear their masks properly, and to separate if they are too close.
We are working on painting our own emojis and will put masks on them. We will also include messages that remind us to wear masks, social distance, and wash hands often. This is a subject we address often, and we are very proud of how the children remind each other to wear their masks properly, and to separate if they are too close.
Jericho STEM Academy recognizes our Veterans!
Happy Veterans Day! Commander Bill Walden was very grateful for our kind and thoughtful Thank You cards. He will distribute them to veterans! Thank you Miss Gina for this wonderful opportunity for our children to show kindness to our veterans!
Happy Veterans Day! Commander Bill Walden was very grateful for our kind and thoughtful Thank You cards. He will distribute them to veterans! Thank you Miss Gina for this wonderful opportunity for our children to show kindness to our veterans!
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Making sailboats in Pre-K
We have been working on our sail designs this week. We discovered that bigger sails can catch more wind, and make sailboats go faster.
JERICHO STEM Jr. & Sr Toddlers had some fun with candy cane science. While I was setting up our experiment I asked what they thought would happen when we put the candy cane in the liquid. My favorite answer as well as it also being correct was that the candy would fall to the bottom, It did. We poured vinegar, water and seltzer into 3 different jars, we then added pieces of the candy cane to each jar and observed what happened. The jar with the seltzer had an immediate reaction; it bubbled and the water turned pinkish/ red.
Miss Gina's Explorers watched the historic swearing in of our new Vice President and President!
Jericho STEM students play in our playground or indoor gym everyday!
Did the groundhog see it’s shadow at the academy?
February 11th- Jericho STEM celebrates Chinese New Year!
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Jericho STEM toddlers make mud ! Not only did they make the mud but they painted with the mud that they made.
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