Eagle Creek Academy
​Kindergarten - Grade 2 Snapshots

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Working with a partner cements new learning.

Grade 2: Public Speaking
Each pair of children gave a speech with props. This pair demonstrated how to set up a hamster cage. The crowd was very eager to pet the hamster.
Grade 2: Abstract Math
Working in small groups, the students used base-ten blocks and place-value charts to create concrete representations of very large numbers. Explaining their methods out loud helped form the understanding in their heads.
Grade 1: Numbers
Children worked in pairs to regroup small items into various amounts. For example, how do you gather 23 of something? Watching each other's strategies helped the children internalize new ways of thinking about math.
In this small group activity, the kindergarten children helped each other write everyone's first and last names. This led to massive group experimentation!
The kindergarten children hand-cranked an apple peeler to remove the skins. Then, they cut the apples into chunks and added them to a crock pot. After a few hours, a wonderful, sweet smell drifted down the hall. Later, the children created charts in their science journals to show which ones they liked.  ​
While researching guinea pigs, the first graders practiced highlighting and compiling information. Later, they made do and don't lists about how to care for a guinea pig. Then, they built a comfy guinea pig hidey-house. Finally, the teachers surprised the class by announcing that first grade was prepared to have a class pet! ​
These grade 1 students compared the coral from a real ocean reef with the coral from the garden they had grown in class. This prompted the study of words such as texture, spiny, ​exoskeleton, polyps & calcium carbonate.
Kindergarten through grade 2 teachers and students emphasize core values by using the Six Pillars of Character, which are: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship.
​The kindergarten students practiced methods for creating clay pinch pots. After waiting for the kiln, the children painted the pots with watercolors.
Grade 2 students love to team up with their grade 6 buddies for feedback and support with their wax museum projects.
The children created three-legged bots by attaching markers to cups. Then, they experimented with various materials to make a propeller. Next, the children decided how to attach the propeller to the motor so the bot would walk, spin, jump, dance and draw.
During art class, grade 2 students went outside to gather items found in nature for making prints. They learned that Nature Print paper undergoes a chemical change when exposed to sunlight!

Watch these videos about some in-depth activities the children love!

Watch as these kindergarten children figure out how to close a circuit to make a light go on. They get so excited!
These children learned about chain reaction. Then, working in small groups, they created their own reactions.
Watch as our first graders work together to create an informational picture book about an endangered animal.
The first graders are speaking in full Spanish sentences by referring to pictures and symbols. ​