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  Journaling is a great activity for kids of all ages. Kindergartners can enjoy doodling, practicing letters or pasting in pictures. Older kids can choose to do an art journal, a writing journal or a mixture of both. This is a way for kids to get their creative thoughts onto paper. On our JOURNALS FOR KIDS Pinterest Board, we have shared some fun ideas. There...

This year, we are starting something new. It’s called “New Food Friday”. The idea is that, each Friday, someone (a parent, student, volunteer or teacher) will bring in a food for everyone to try. It will be something that most of the students probably have not tried before. This should be a really fun addition to our classroom, but it is also an...

Saturday was the BIG day…the NC Science Olympiad. Families from our little school-that-could departed for Lenoir Rhyne University at 6:30 a.m.  This was our first year competing. We had told ourselves for months that we were just doing it for the experience and that, if nothing else, we would learn a lot. We were by far the smallest team (in both number of students...

Setting goals…we all do it to some degree, right? We set short term goals like folding the laundry before we go to bed or going for a run every morning or finishing that book we started. We set long term goals for our careers or our families. But how did we learn to do that and when? As adults, we know that the skill of being able to set a realistic goal for...

Parts of the Body, Presidential Letters, Programming, Picture Studies and Public Speaking …What a perfect week!   Last week, like most weeks, was a busy one at the Yadkin Valley Community School. If you weren’t here, this is what you missed: Parts of the Body: We took a fieldtrip to Millis Regional Health Education Center to learn about the human body. The kids...

This week, we studied a different culture every day. This was a true community effort. We had speakers come to our school, and we went to the Elkin Public Library on Friday. Learning about people, cultures and traditions from around the world is important for understanding our global community. It helps bring us closer together and promotes peace. Also, as the...