by Cindy Warren | Dec 15, 2015 | Blog, Learning Moments, News
Children love story-time and Tuesday, December 15, the students of kindergarten and early elementary school had the opportunity to participate in a theatrical reading of the story “Le verger dans le ventre” by its author Simon Boulerice. In order to...
by Cindy Warren | Mar 19, 2012 | Blog, Learning Moments
On Tuesday, March 7th, The Akiva School took part in World Math Day, a global challenge to get children, ages 4-18 excited about math. The Akiva team came out in full force and below are some of the statistics from the day: – 1.57 million students from over 200...
by Cindy Warren | Jan 27, 2012 | Blog, Learning Moments
Our teachers are always thinking of new innovative ways to teach. Check out what’s going on lately in our classrooms: Twister and phonics? Hats off to grade one teachers who are incorporating many diverse ways to teach their students phonics in order to help...
by Cindy Warren | Dec 22, 2011 | Blog, Learning Moments
Research shows that by supplying a more authentic context for learning, you will increase the chance that a lesson will be remembered and can be used in other similar situations. Last week, Grade 2 classes did a fun exercise to learn more about counting and doing a...
by Cindy Warren | Dec 12, 2011 | Blog, Learning Moments
At The Akiva School, we try to teach our students the importance of Eco-friendly living. Here are a couple of examples of projects that our school is doing to promote re-cycling and helping to keep our Earth healthy: Kindergarten and Grade 1 students began to...
by Cindy Warren | Dec 6, 2011 | Blog, Learning Moments
Our Grade 1A class reached out across the seas and made some new friends with Grade 1 students in an elementary school in Castelnaudary, France via a Skype video call over the Internet. Skype technology and the Internet provide a great way for teachers to open up...
