This week was City Kids' final week before winter break. During the fall, the kids had so much fun and learned a lot along the way. It has been a great year so far, and we are excited to keep going after the New Year. Until then, City Kids wishes everyone a happy winter break, and a very Happy New Year! Continuing our unit on Asia, one of our parents taught the kids about the Mongolian Empire, including Genghis Khan, and Nomadic Culture and Horse Culture. Our lead parent d

Our last class at the Zoo for our session "Winter Wild" ended with a lesson on how climate change affects animals, particualrly animals that live in cold climates. The kids did an experiment that illustrated how animals are losing their environments in the Arctic due to climate change. This week we began our Geography/World Culture unit on Asia with a lesson on India. Our kids heard a childrens' story from India about an alligator who is a trickster, and they learned about t

For our life science class this week, our kids learned about true hibernation versus partial hibernation. They also learned about how animals hibernate by controlling their heart rate, their pulse, and their body temperature. Learning to take their own pulse and heart rate. Making a bear in a snowy cave. For Geography/World Culture day, we finished our unit on Africa with a lesson about the importance of drums in West Africa. The kids learned about different kinds of drums