Cilantro Parent’s Day, Friday afternoon, June 11th! We are so excited to invite you to our annual Parent’s Days! We will have the same spirit as in years past, celebrating your children’s work and your beautiful connections to your children and the NSW community. We will welcome parents, four families at a time, to visit…
We see how walking to the mailbox to drop off mail for the Mint children at the Venice Post Office is giving the children an opportunity to connect in a tangible way to our Mint friends. We thought navigating the traffic lights, sidewalks, street crossings that they encounter on this busy pathway would result in…
We welcomed Marley on ground this week in the Cilantro group! In our morning meeting the children, went around and introduced themselves to Marley. As teacher Silvana spelled out Marley’s name, a few children connected that they too have the same letters in their name. The teachers shared with the group that Marley showed interest…
Birthday! This week the Cilantros celebrated Leo’s 4th birthday. Happy birthday, Leo! Knowing that Leo is a lover of literacy, the Cilantros made sure Leo had his favorite books visible to be read throughout the day and invited him to dress up in his favorite character costumes. Leo’s parents were also part of the action.…
Birthdays This week the Cilantro’s celebrated Jack’s 4th birthday. Happy birthday, Jack! We started our morning circle celebrating Jack with one of his favorite movement songs — The Solar System Song! What started as a pair dancing, turned into a full circle of children holding hands orbiting around Jack. It was so special to watch!…
From the moment the children enter the school, we intentionally design a curriculum to express their internal and external uniqueness so that they begin to recognize the different elements that contribute to their identities and its effect on our group identity. These expressions are captured in their ID panels. We have revisited their ID panels…
Remember way back in the fall when the Cilantros became interested in planting cilantro seeds? Well, those cilantro plants have come full circle. After transferring them into a bed in our Community Garden Community, we have watched them grow from little sprouts to past our heads!! Recently, we have observed their beautiful blossoms forming at…
Some of you already know about our online group, the Mints. Some of you were actually a part of the group before you joined us on ground! And some of you are thinking. . . Who are the Mints, anyway? With the amazing leadership of our teacher Jen (who sadly moved to Maryland in…
Children’s names hold value and meaning to each individual and learning them connects to all other types of knowledge. We use their name as a resource to extend their learning of letters and words. For example, they enthusiastically turn to a friend and let them know when they recognize the same letters in both their…
A special WELCOME to Colson Maxwell Bernthal who joined his family on the 10th of April at 2:18pm. Congratulations Julie, Nick, Jack, and Georgia on your new baby!! This month we celebrated birthdays with Evelyn, Rufus, Poppy, and Uma. We hope they have an exciting year filled with learning and adventure. We would like to…