Hello from the Next Steppers! We hope everyone is looking forward to a sunny weekend! This week at Next Step we have continued our work with math and money, with a focus on making correct change. We talked together about how this is a very helpful skill for everyday life, even when making our own purchases at the store. Using the smartboard, we were able to calculate the correct change owed to the customer, and drag coins to make up the correct amount.



Evan uses the caculator to find the correct change for the customer.



Our new member Drew did a great job with this activity!

We also spent a lot of time this week working on our top secret project. I can reveal that it is an art project, that one of our members came up with the idea, and that every student is contributing to create one amazing finished project! We can't wait to share more with you when the secret is finally revealed!

We always find time for games, and many Next Steppers are taking the initiative to start games on their own with their peers, even without prompting from Kristine or Jennifer! It's great to see that the group members enjoy spending time with each other and having fun.



We tried a brand new recipe this week, Gluten-Free Chicken Hobo. The group decided to find one recipe we could all enjoy that would work for our gluten-free and non-gluten-free eaters. The Next Steppers were able to make individual foil packets and customize their own mix of chicken and vegetables, and they turned out great!



Yvonne and Emily chopping vegetables for our Chicken Hobo lunch.



Emily and Sophie dancing the "Cha Cha Slide."