Thanksgiving Season In Preschool
One of the ways we are celebrating the Thanksgiving season in the preschool is with a “Thankful Tree”. Throughout the week, students have been adding their thankful thoughts to the…
Our Favorite Guest Speakers At Bixby…The Furry Ones!
When studying anything, it is always exciting to get first hand information from experts. Bixby teachers are always looking for interesting speakers, field trips, and demonstrations to enhance your students…
4th and 5th Grade Privileges
Ah, to be an upperclassman! Being a 4th/5th grader at Bixby comes with new privileges, as well as increased responsibilities. As a new 4th grader, the first exciting change is…
To Bridgewalk Pond We Go!
I believe children cultivate critical thinking skills when they observe closely and record what they see. Every Monday, the kindergarteners walk to a local wetland area called Bridgewalk Pond. They…
Inside 4th & 5th Grade Literature With Melodie
The Book Whisperer In 4th & 5th grade literature, the school year began inspired by Donalyn Miller’s The Book Whisperer and her 40 Book Challenge. Miller’s goal is to foster…
Cold? Warm-Up By Learning More About Bixby Summer Day Camp
Did you know that it’s about that time to think about summer? What?!?!?! You may be thinking, but the first snow just fell. Ok, you’re right. Let’s be present with…
Bixby Writers And Modern Technology
Computer skills are paramount in the writing room. Effective communication in the 21st century necessitates a familiarity with computers and word processing software. As writers, modern technology affords us so…
Focusing On Responsibility In Preschool
One core value of Bixby is that we practice and teach responsibility to the children. Responsibility is a big focus of the school because it allows children to learn how…
Bixby Fitness Tests
This fall, Sports classes participated in our Bixby specific fitness tests. Using our unique surroundings such as lower yard and Tantra Park, we worked on measuring agility, core strength, endurance,…
El 2 de noviembre: el Día de Muertos
El Día de Muertos has been the latest cultural topic in Spanish class. Besides learning their Spanish vocabulary and grammar, students are diving into one of the most popular and amusing…
Fall Festival In The Preschool
Fall brings many wonderful transformations in and around the Preschool. We enjoy the vibrancy of our colorful playground glowing with the changing of the season. Our traditions at this time…
Learning More About The Bixby Early Writing Process
The number of times I have heard a first grader say, “My hand hurts,” or “I can’t write anymore!” breaks my heart! Physically, first grade writing is just hard. It…
Halloween At Bixby = Fun For All
Let me be the first to wish you a happy November. October was perfectly lovely and gave me my first chance to experience a spooktacular Halloween at Bixby! School-wide gourd-hunting…
Solving Problems To Learn New Mathematics
“Students solve problems not to apply mathematics but to learn new mathematics,” according to John Van de Walle in his book, Teaching Student Centered Mathematics. Giving students a problem and…
Word Study with Connie… More Than A List of Spelling Words
Word study is the learning of and practice with word patterns that lead the children to discover how to spell words! Words they are studying and words with similar patterns…
Swings: A Place To Explore, Build Strength, and More!
“Let’s go to swings!” is a phrase often heard coming from the preschool children. As a favorite of many, the swings in preschool yard provide the children with multiple opportunities…
Spanish Is All Around Us!
Spanish is all around us, is the topic for third, fourth and fifth grades for the coming month of November. Besides learning Spanish grammar and vocabulary, we believe that it…
The Science Behind What We See
Imagine as a 2nd or 3rd grader trying to piece together the complex movements of the Earth, moon, and sun, to understand ways those movements affect our lives: seasons, moon…
Pumpkins, Ghosts and Bats! Oh My!
It is almost the end of October and we're making pumpkins again. It never ceases to amaze me the different combinations of faces, accessories, and ailments that our pumpkins end…
Inside A Bixby Body
“Oh that tickles.” “Don’t forget to trace my dreadlock.” “I want to have my leg on the body.” These were some of the enthusiastic quotes that came out of the…