Finishing his felting, Ryan wanted to turn his work into a pillow. Felix, Cookie, and Lola liked the idea and asked if they could make one too. With many children having previous experiences in hand sewing and with the Crib group almost ready for pillows and blankets, the teachers felt this was an opportune time…
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“…you can make anything.” -Micah
In the last few weeks, Amy started introducing Needle Felting with the expertise of Jody Labb, Ila’s mom. Like all first experiences with new materials, we are experimenting. Using poking techniques, we’re observing the ways the colors blend. The children are commenting on the texture of the wool and the different shades of color with associative and comparative…
“Celery, celery, celery song….” -Maddox & Micah
Ivana and Kris took Maddox, Micah, Sadie C. and Leo to the Ocean View Farms plot on the bus today. These children had expressed great interest in cooking with Ivana and there was an interest in creating a stepping stone in mosaics for the plot. We talked about the focus of our visit on the…
Updates to your calendar
Wednesday, April 6th Kindergarten Night at NSW *For children attending kindergarten Fall 2012 6:30 – 8:45 PM ______________________________ April 18 – April 22 Spring break – SCHOOL CLOSED! __________________________________ Wednesday, April 27th Coffee with Roleen ~ 9:30 am At Kelli and Christian Norman’s home *See the blog calendar for Kelli’s address and contact information…
mailbox walk
ON February 15th, we posted the kernel of interest that has lead us through the month to a visit to the Post Office. (To see the original ideas, type ‘deliver the mail’ into the search bar above.) The group investigating the actual Post Office met with parent volunteers for a walk to meet the Post…
mailing at the city mailbox
2011-03-24 09 23 38 (trimmed)mailing at the city mailbox Originally uploaded by NSW photostream
Welcome baby Ren Newhall
On February 18th, 2011 the Newhalls (Lev’s family WW) welcomed Ren into the family. Lev is a big brother! Congratulations Jonathan and Jessie and Lev.
Did You Know?
DID YOU KNOW that the WW and EW are working on opening a Post Office? The children are debating on (1) Mailbox for the school or ( 2) one for each wing. They will also be able to ask questions of a real postman (Sage’s grandfather) via Ichat or Skype. They are exploring different ideas of sorting the…
“Again!” – Easton
Some children are hesitant when assigned to areas where they will get themselves dirty. Flora observed a group of children who’d expressed a dislike of dirty things. She intentionally assigned them to the mud pit – a very dirty place. Wondering how they would approach their concern and discomfort with getting dirty, Flora observed. Initially, Felix, Imonie, Morgan and Easton walked…
KNO Manis/Pedis/Tattoos 4/9
Saturday April 9th 2011 Pizza Dinner Manicures and Pedicures and Tattoos with Paola and Cynthia. Spaces are limited. A check reserves your space – make it to “CASH”, drop in the office. 4:00-8:00 $40.00 per child $10 for siblings