During East and West Wing morning meetings, Kenny (Harrison’s dad, EW) and Lori (Golda’s mom, WW) played the Shofar horn, a family tradition, in celebration of Rosh Hashanah. In the West Wing: Lori: If we live in a group of people, we have many ways of doing life. Holidays connect us to the way our…
Christoph’s mom, Hillary, is a local librarian and came to play borrowed ukuleles and sing songs at morning meeting. Hillary: We can sing this song where I get to learn all your names. There is rhythm in your names. You have beat inside your names!” The children and Hillary sounded out their names to the…
Quinn had a goodbye circle in the East Wing. She’d already moved and is now attending a school closer to home. We gratefully supported the classroom with our trusty conceptualization from The Invisible String that shows us we remain connected through love even when we can’t see each other. Teacher Jen read the book and…
We returned to the Atelier to follow up on the interest in a standing clay person made by the East Wingers. Teacher Amy: Dylan had some curiosity about the figure the East Wingers made last year. Dylan: Yah, how does it stand up? We examined the figure for differences between the one that stands and…
From the very beginning, our intention as teachers has been to foster connections among children, as well as to recognize and highlight when children use their own strategies to seek connections with each other. Below are the conversations that are taking place in our classroom: At the end of appointments, Rondie asked the group for…
Thanks to everyone who joined us for Mrs. Nelsen’s Book Fair! A special thanks to those who donated new books to the NSW library – Library books are for CHECKOUT in the kitchen. Your child has a library card on file in the box. Find your child’s card Write (with your child) the title of…
We shared a new book in the Atelier. We Are All Dots: A Big Plan for a Better World incorporates the classroom mantra of Welcoming and the value of community. With a classroom intention on perspective-taking, we began the discussion on what it means to be part of a whole. We focused questions around: How does one…
Snack was generously provided in the last two weeks by – Kou, Kirby, Lily, Arnon, Eve, Levi, Keaton, Everly, Diego, Luscia, Will, Poppy G., Christoph, Dillon, and Mia. Flowers were brought to brighten our spaces by Lucy, Kou, Tallulah, Bodhi, Christoph, Everly, Arnon and Hendricks. And some of the contributions you don’t see are that…
In the front yard, both the East Wing and the West Wing have the opportunity to connect for the first time through shared materials. In the clay exploration, Moss and Dylan bridge a relationship after first playing side by side on separate ideas. Dylan (WW): (Seeing Moss working on a log, grabs another one and…
We had beautiful flowers from Christoph, Everly, Arnon and Hendriks Snack was prepared by Jack, Phedon, Emilio, Santiago, Sawyer, Tallulah, Naomi, and Presley We took a trip to the Farmer’s Market to bring back natural dye sources like discarded carrot tops, onion skins, and herbs – watch for experiments in the front yard with Teachers…