I want to share some news that makes me happy and sad. This week will be my last week at New School West. I will be going to the Little Dippers program at Overland Elementary. I’m excited because I will be at the same school as my sister, Zahara! To my friends, I will miss…
After the children wake up from nap and take care of their materials, it’s become part of their routine to spend time with the turtles. Today, as a small group of children were observing the turtles, they noticed Morla was acting unusually – she was trying to swim to the surface of the water and…
Today Max’s dad, Teddy, came to make chocolate chips muffins. Otis: We used chocolate chips, milk, yogurt, eggs, vanilla, and flour. Max: And then we put it in the oven. I like it when we make chocolate chip muffins together.
Liz: I’ve cooked with the children a couple times. She thought that the morning offered more time to investigate the process – test the flavors, smell the ingredients and in this case, discover the difference between frozen and fresh blueberries when making muffins (frozen ones turn the batter blue!). On that morning, she stayed through…
“This is hard. It keeps on moving. How can we make it not move?” – Navin The children have been rotating in to help with creating sets and props for their movie. The castle needs to open up to view the exterior and interior so we challenged the children to use cardboard in a different…
Please pick up a succulent in celebration of “Fathers Day” on Sunday, June 19th. And take the time to reflect on all the goodness you bring the children as a father. Think about your father, your father’s father, and all the fathers that supported you in your life. . . all the guidance and nurturing…
I had observed a group of children working in the paper house one afternoon. They were writing number after number and asking me to tell them what the number was or how much “money” their “bill” was. James: What is this number? Otis: (Looks at the number and counts with his fingers) It’s 15! That’s…
It’s one of the few times when parents and children inhabit the school together en masse, like a momentarily reconstituted student body. Or something like that. A happy and poignant day in any case. Enjoy these photos from your ever-stalwart…. Documentation Committee [click for slideshow, wait for the load, then click to go faster] 1…
Revisit the day, full of the poignancy that comes with Completion Of The Year — and for some families Completion Of Preschool — in these images. — Documentation Committee [click for slideshow, wait for it to load, then click to go faster] 1 2 … 7 ►
A group from our crew braved public transportation and a bevy of organic farmers for this fun and enlightening experience. Here’s proof they were there…. — Documentation Committee [click for slideshow, wait a moment for it to load, then click to go faster]