The East Wing children worked hard at making cupcakes for the House Area. Before Winter Break we presented Silvana with the surprise. “Oh, they look so yummy I could eat them. How did you make them?”” Silvana “I started sewing on the top. I had a white piece of fabric on a circle (an…
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EW Parents, bring in an evocative smell.
The children have been drawn to scent since their first explorations with natural materials. To support the interest in their sense of smell, dried herbs were brought to grind and fresh herbs have been brought by Sarah (Sam’s mom in the west wing) from our plot at Ocean View Farms and displayed as a…
Curtain = Plexi
The East Wing children have worked hard on their flower curtain. Over time they began to notice that the paint was not sticking and the delicate plastic curtain itself was beginning to tear. Wanting to honor the children’s investment in this work the teachers looked into other materials and made a decision to transfer the…
UCLA study
In the East Wing file boxes, you’ll find a consent form from Robyn Orfitelli, a graduate student from UCLA studying language acquisition for her dissertation. If you’re open to your child working with her for a 10 to 15 minute period, fill out the consent form and drop it in the UCLA file folder in…
Traffic Jam
The trikes and Rocket Cars have been in the Front Yard for children to exercise their gross motor and social skills. *Thanks to the Smuklers, Bernthals and Trents, parents of 2010 for the legacy gift of two red trikes and one yellow and red car rocket.* There have been a few conflicts with traffic…
Blocks: If, then…predictions based on experience.
The Block Area in the West Wing consists of mostly wooden unit blocks, while the East Wing Building Space includes more open-ended materials that present themselves with familiar problems in similar, yet more challenging ways, such as how to balance and arrange things. Dex and Max were building together and Kai was building next to…
“…can we come back and work some more?” – Austin
Building Relationships Through Wire As an avenue to extend the children’s wire exploration, Cindy set a mixture of wire and other materials up on the light table. Two children sat side-by-side working independently until they felt they were done. Austin: “Can we be done?” Cindy: “Show me what you have worked on.” Austin: “I put these…
EW Parent Potluck 10/23
East Wing Parent Potluck Saturday, October 23rd Hosted by Dianna and Bif Tate (Lucy’s mom and dad) All EW parents welcome! 6:00-9:00 PM 3761 Boise Ave (a few blocks east of NSW and just north of Venice Blvd) 310-390-2268 Keep an eye out for food/drink sign-ups on the front door. Sign ups for child care…
Messages.
At last week’s East Wing parent meeting, we asked the parents to leave a note for their child using symbols or drawings instead of words. Symbols are the beginning of writing/ literacy. I worked with some children this week. We looked at their notes and the child interpreted what the symbols/drawings meant. Ila- “It’s Ninja Bunny and…
“It’s too dark. It’s scary.” – Max
The children have been working in the West Wing Studio continuing their exploration of shadows and light. Recently a group was working in the space when the teacher asked, Cindy: “What do you think we could add to this area to help your work here?” Dex: “We need to make it darker.” Mia: “It needs…