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GREAT START READINESS PROGRAM
CEDAR STREET CAMPUS ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION

YOUNG FIVES • OPTIONS • CHOICES

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Project 50:

The Pencil

Grip Project

The Young Five classes
at Cedar Street are so excit-
ed to share their very first
drawings from Project 50:
The Pencil Grip Project.
The program was developed
by Wendy Anderson Halper-
in. The curriculum works on
developing strength in fin-
ger muscles that will help
students increase their fine warm ups that strengthen
motor abilities. finger and thumb muscles.
The program uses 50 Students are reminded to
different colored crayons “bring their thumb to
which expand student’s vo- school” and most important-
cabulary as they learn the ly learn how to properly grip
names of the colors such as their pencils. The students
scarlet, carnation and ceru- are proud of their accom-
lean. plishments and love to share
Every lesson starts with their pictures.
Exploring diversity

The preschool curricu- Americans. Students were In January, Ms. Sarah
lum at Cedar Street explores interested to learn Native and Ms. Sandy’s class ex-
a variety of topics and activi- Americans lead lives similar plored diversity using brown
ties, striving to develop stu- to theirs. and white eggs. Eggs were two types of eggs. After the
dent knowledge and appreci- In December, the GSRP passed out to several stu- eggs were cracked students
ation of the surrounding classes studied families. dents. Some students didn’t compared the two yolks.
community and world. In Each student created a get eggs. Ms. Sarah asked Many were surprised the
November, students in Ms. poster about his or her fam- students if it was fair for yolks looked the same. The
Sarah and Ms. Sandy’s GSRP ily. Posters included family only some kids to get eggs. egg conversation was fol-
class read a Native American members, pets, traditions Students expressed lowed up by a short video
legend. They painted Indian and holidays. Students were things that have happened about Dr. Martin Luther
corn and discussed Native excited to present their to them that were unfair. King Jr. and a class discus-
poster to the class and learn Then students looked at the sion on treating everyone as
PP about traditions each family eggs with a magnifying a friend because each person
is special.
follows.
glass. They compared the
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