Since we've been entering from Venice, the snack sign up, flower sign up and cooking with Mima sign up have been languishing in the entrance hall. Please visit them when you sign in and out and fill up those calendars. -thanks!
NSW Teachers
Are there worms in there?
The teacher revisited the front yard dirt container with some children and started to document by taking pictures and recording dialogue to see where the children's interest was. Hayden and Rowena: “There are baby worms!” They wanted to water the soil. Hayden: “It is too dry.” Rowena: "I need to get some more water .…
EW Trike-A-Thon – Photo Set – 4/27/2010
DSC_0240, originally uploaded by NSW photostream. Click the photo above to see additional photos from the EW Trike-A-Thon taken by Owen’s dad (WW). If you have photos of NSW events that you would like to share, please drop a CD-rom with the photos on it in Hanami’s (WW) file. Thanks! –Sari (Documentation Co.)
Kindergarten Night Recap
It was another great Kindergarten Night with a lot of valuable information. In two hours, we were able to put some meaning behind a process that can seem very daunting. Tanya Anton, founder of GoMamaGuide.com and author of “Westside Guide to Public Elementary Schools,” is an expert in the research, and was here to begin…
New Faces
Sandi Gish, who's been with us for a few weeks now has accepted a job at a school and we're so happy for her although sorry to see her go. Sandi has been doing snack in the morning and afternoon and helping us in the nap room where she's been getting requests for her…
Morning walk
This morning, some of the children went on a sound exploration walk in the neighborhood. Jessica and Cindy documented several conversations about sound with Micah, Nico, Leah, Sadie, Hanami, Jackson, Ewan and Isabelle. Leah hears a car. Leah: "A car!" Cindy: "What part of the car do you hear?" Leah: "The 'vroom vroom'!" When they came to the…
Notebook Life
This installment of the Life of the NSW Notebook comes from Rylee (EW) and it's entitled "The Contents of a Girls Pocketbook are Sacred." -ink on recycled paper Rylee's 'love' notes – in her NSW notebook-to Mommy & Daddy A drawing for "Kim" aka Mommy Rylee's self-portrait (?) for Axel.(note the crown)
WW Trike-A-Thon – Photo Set – 4/28/2010
IMG_0243, originally uploaded by NSW photostream. Click the photo above to see children cheering on and participating in today’s West Wing Trike-A-Thon.
Walkway Progress
All week, the children have been watching Francisco and his crew open the walkway. Yesterday they laid concrete pavers and sorted the childrens treasures. Amy and Caroline laid the pieces in the concrete while the children supervised. Francisco and his crew…
In the Charity Garden
On Monday, Samantha brought out a small group of children to the Charity Garden with the intention of figuring out a way to support the bean vines in growing upright. The group quickly accomplished the task and then moved on to exploring the plants more closely. While entranced with how the plants felt on their fingers,…