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Activity Choices for Virtual VIP Day

May 8, 2020

Below are a few suggested activities to help you explore and share all of the wonderful learning and continued growth by your Chiaravalle Montessori student. Use these or come up with a few of your own and don't forget to tell us how your visit goes! After your meeting, send a video, photo or quick note to Kymberly Marrinson in the Advancement Office at kmarrinson@chiaravalle.org and we will share with the classroom communities.

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Show & Share

Share a current work or project that you have worked on during Remote Learning — Show your VIP how you “Montessori” at home

  • All-VIP
  • VirtualVIP
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Read a Story to your Student

This one is simple. Student or students and VIP read a story together. If your student is a pre-reader, read aloud to them!

  • EC-VIP
  • VirtualVIP
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Read a Story to your VIP

This one is simple. Students, read a story together with your VIP. If you are both strong readers — take turns and ask questions. Maybe it's your current read-aloud story or book group book. Maybe it's a long-time favorite. Have fun and read!

  • KED-VIP
  • LE-VIP
  • UE-VIP
  • VirtualVIP
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Weaving Codes (Some set-up required)

Weaving Codes | Templates

Weaving Codes | Instructions

What do weaving and computation have in common? You might be surprised to learn that looms inspired the first computer! More than 200 years ago, inventors created the ‘Jacquard loom.’ This was a new device that could weave complicated fabric patterns based on a set of instructions. The instructions were coded as punch cards and fed into the machine. The Jacquard loom, and its punch cards, inspired early pioneers of computer science, like Ada Lovelace (one of our heroes here at Learning Beautiful).

In this activity, we will explore how something as simple as punches in the card can store information about a complex process. You will create beautiful paper weavings by following simple codes–like programs with paper.

  • All-VIP
  • VirtualVIP
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Binary Heads and Tails (Some supplies needed)

Binary Heads and Tails Game Board

Binary Heads and Tails Game Key Code

In computer science, a binary tree is a type of data structure – or way of organizing information. It organizes information or values across nodes and branches on a tree; and because it is called a binary tree, each node will have at most two branches.

Trees sort information hierarchically, rather than linearly. We see hierarchical structures all the time, in examples such as family trees, government organizations, and the classification of living things. Binary trees are composed of nodes and branches. The nodes contain the information or values, and the branches connect them. With the binary tree, each node will have (at most) two branches

Learn how we can map out the possible sequences of coin flips as a binary tree - knowing that each flip will have one of two states: head or tails.

  • KED-VIP
  • LE-VIP
  • UE-VIP
  • VirtualVIP

Be Creative

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Roll-A-Masterpiece | Earth Day Heart

Roll-A-Masterpiece | Earth Day Heart

Both the VIP and student can use this template to create a piece of Art. When finished, compare how different each of the completed project looks. OR have one person roll the die and pick and the other draw. Up to you!

  • EC-VIP
  • LE-VIP
  • VirtualVIP
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Roll-A-Masterpiece | Wassily Kandinsky

Roll-A-Masterpiece | Wassily Kandinsky

Both the VIP and student can use this template to create a piece of Art. When finished, compare how different each of the completed project looks. OR have one person roll the die and pick and the other draw. Up to you!

  • EC-VIP
  • LE-VIP
  • VirtualVIP

More Art & Action

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Complete the Picture

Prior to May 8, one person, either student or VIP, starts a drawing and only completes ½ of the picture. Arrange to get the drawing to the other party, take a photo or scan and send via email, or even snail mail it if you have the time. When the other person receives the drawing they can finish it. During connection time on May, 8, share with each other why you drew what you drew.

What do we mean by half the drawing? Totally up to you.

  • All-VIP
  • VirtualVIP
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Complete the Story

This one is simple. Student or students and VIP write a story together. One person starts with an opening sentence and you go back and forth or around the circle (if multiple people are playing) and each adds another sentence. Let your imagination go wild and see where the story takes you.

  • All-VIP
  • VirtualVIP

Learn about your family

Questions for Kinders & Lower El (Ages 6-10)

  1. Where were you born?

  2. What was your favorite food as a child?

  3. What toys did you like to play with as a child?

  4. What age did you start school? Did you have a favorite teacher?

  5. Did you get an allowance?

  6. What was your favorite television show growing up?

  7. Did you have pets? What were the names?

  8. Did your family take vacations when you were a kid? What was your favorite vacation?

  • EC-VIP
  • LE-VIP
  • VirtualVIP
Questions for Upper El (ages 10-12)

  1. Where did you grow up? Tell me about the house and neighborhood you grew up in.

  2. What were you good at in school? What was your favorite subject?

  3. What was your bedtime and did you ever break curfew or sneak out of the house?

  4. What was your first job?

  5. What was going to the movies like when you were a kid? What is your favorite movie?

  6. Where was the longest trip you’ve been on? How long did you travel?

  7. Have you experienced anything like this current period in history with COVID19 in your lifetime?

  8. What’s been your favorite age to be?

  9. Looking back on your life so far, what are you most proud of?

  • UE-VIP
  • VirtualVIP

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