While working with the building materials in the Front Yard, Theo and Teddy realize that their construction site has a significant amount of foot traffic from peers passing through from the Paper House to the Living Garden. Theo: No! Don’t walk through here. This is a construction site and we are hammering. Teddy: It’s not…
The West Wing appointments organize the schedule to support children throughout their day. The schedule is built for long periods of uninterrupted time for freely chosen play with teacher support and for teacher guided, small group work. Research informs us that children make better all around progress in settings where there is a balance of…
Theo, Chloe Paloma, Ren, Max, Alice and Zoe K. had an idea for a story about two princesses: Ava and Isabella. They live in a castle with their mother and father, the Queen and King, and their brother, Prince Jack. They also wanted to feature a grandma, who lives in a hotel castle in New…
In the Communication Center, Ava, Alice and Fiona grabbed 3 pieces of partner drawing paper (11×17), put their chairs together, and started taping and stapling papers together. Their creation grew and grew and grew, longer and longer, so long they had to move to the floor. Ava: Look what we’re working on together! It’s the ‘Rapunzel’…
Fully determined to finish their book about Bear, the children and I reviewed their initial drawings in the computer. They then helped type some letters of their words to describe the story. They also decided where to place the text within the formatted story page on the computer. After we printed the pages…
As we went to the East Wing library to discuss our plans for the Communication Center, Theo was missing Bear, his lovey, and went to check if it was in his nap basket. He was unable to find him and began to cry. His friends were concerned. Mila: Are you ok, Theo? Theo: No. I…
While continuing our investigation along Venice Boulevard, we happened upon a couple of artists painting on the facade of Trunk Gallery. Mitchelito introduced himself and his friend, Chalavie. They shared their work and the process they go through to complete a painting. The children were thrilled to hear that these two artists worked on a…