After the first few critiques of the volume during last week’s water jug sound exploration, the children moved beyond just exploring loud sounds and began to investigate sounds in all ranges of volume. “Listen to this!!” ~Felix Showcasing a sound became a focus among the children. But with so many sounds, and action occurring, how…
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“listen to this!”
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Parent Partners 9/14
Hi, Friends. I’m looking forward to our Parent Partners meeting on Tuesday, September 14th. It’s a night for us to meet together and then with our Committee Chairs to fine tune our years’ plans and beef up our committees so our work is shared and we stay focused. We will meet here at NSW at…
“It’s too loud!”
Video 38 Originally uploaded by thenewschoolwest During our sound sessions, the teachers noticed that the children had related low pitch sounds to softness, and high pitch sounds to loudness. We decided to set up experiences for the children to investigate these specific sounds and help them distinguish each one. This week, we began by bringing…
Wire
In the East Wing studio we have been working with wire. The teachers, with the help of some experienced children, have been introducing the wire and the tools: wire cutters and pliers. They know that they are real tools and need to be used with care. The children have practiced cutting with the wire cutters…
Tie-Dye
Tie-dye was a fun time this year. Who doesn’t enjoy coloring their own shirts? Tie-dye is a great way to get the children to use their fine motor skills (putting rubber bands on shirts) and exercise color mixing. It is also amazing to watch the more experienced children help other children and share their techniques with them. …
Survey
I spoke to Angela Silak over the phone regarding her USC master’s thesis and thought it was something we could support. Below please find a link to her survey for parents of preschool aged children about their preferences and behaviors toward preschool television programming. https://uscannenberg.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_bjFRHM0nMtQXgSE The survey is anonymous, and should take 8-10 minutes to complete. Please contact Angela if…
Building Relationships
Before the new school year the EW teachers wanted to make the relationships between the children more visible and show how the environment supported it. We came up with “Buddy Pics”, pictures of two or three children together in different spaces. There will be a new set of pictures every month and they will be…
Late pick up fee
The fall semester has begun in earnest, and that means some of our teachers are continuing their education in the evenings at SMC. In order to support their meeting after work obligations, we are enforcing the late pick up fee of $1.00 per minute after 5:30pm as stated in the Parent Handbook. This fee is…
What’s New?
Volunteer Sign-Up We still have spaces we’d like to fill for help with September afternoon snack and the nap room. Sign-ups are on the front door. Parent Partners Meeting Line up the babysitter and come join us for the Parent Partners Meeting on Tuesday, September 14th from 6:30-8:45 pm. College Interns begin Next week, interns…