Hi all, As you already know, the WW is exploring yellow and Katherine and Ivana are cooking with all the children in the middle courtyard. They all need your help! Bring all things yellow to the West Wing this week – drop them off on top of the cubbies in the WW. Then mosey on…
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Upcoming Coffee with Roleen (4/18) and notes from last CwR (3/15)
Coffee with Roleen 4/18/12 09:30am-11:30am Kara Weber 764 Nowita Pl Venice, CA 90291 (310) 902-2915 —————– The following is just a snippet of the conversations we had at our last Coffee With Roleen on March 15th. We will meet again on Wednesday, April 18th, from 9:30 to 11:00. Look for sign ups on the door:…
Yellow makes me feel happy. – Deia
Yoli took the children through the color yellow kinesthetically: “Close your eyes. What do the colors red, orange, pink and yellow remind you of? Take it in with your brain cells and let it touch your heart.” The week before Spring Break, Sam and the West Wing teachers pulled the color yellow from the warm…
Cooking With Katherine and Ivana
Every week, Ivana and Katherine will introduce taste pairings. This week on Wednesday, they will make a Caprese Salad: basil, mozarella and olive oil. They will add items like capers, lemon, lime, purple onion as the week goes on. Please sign up or talk to Katherine or Ivana about supplying the ingredients: Basil Olive Oil Large tomatoes…
The ‘D’ word
Life has a way of happening when you are trying to figure out what the next step should be. Little did we expect that life would bring us an opportunity to put this into practice so soon. A couple of weeks ago, Paola’s grandmother died unexpectedly and this was explained to the EW children as…
Holiday DVD
The Documentation Committee occasionally experiences a turn-around delay, but do not fear, we are there for you. Remember the Holiday Concert back at the end of the year? Remember Roleen guaranteeing comprehensive video coverage of that milestone event? Well, it’s nearly April, and that guarantee has now come to pass. For any who wish to…
“We don’t even know because we haven’t died yet.”-Brendan
In January, the ‘Airplane Group” went to the Santa Monica Airport and Kris and Adriana captured an impromptu and theoretical dialogue about death: The teachers discussed that there was a hesitation among us as professionals about to how to support those children who are experiencing death within our community. Currently, we work with the child in a small group…
April’s Events!
Monday, April 2nd – Friday, April 6th SPRING BREAK – SCHOOL CLOSED!! Tuesday, April 10th Kindergarten Night Time: 6:45 – 9:00 Pm What: Discussing your next steps beyond NSW – hear from past parents about this transition. Location: At NSW. See blog for more info. Childcare will be offered for $10 per child. Sign up…
WW Parent Teacher Conferences
Sign up near the sign in sheet to meet with your teacher and studio teacher for parent/teacher conferences. If there is no time listed that works for you, please contact your teacher directly and set up a meeting.
More Wishes…
In our constant catching up with technology, we have decided that Ipads are the way to go for documenting the classroom. Our cameras are breaking Iphones look too much like teachers are texting in the classroom Our Flip Video cameras are shorting out and phasing out… Can you donate your Ipad 2 to NSW if you’re…