Upcoming Calendar Reminders Monday, February 15th: SCHOOL CLOSED for Presidents’ Day Friday, March 5th & Monday, March 8th: SCHOOL CLOSED for West Coast Collaborative Reggio Conference with Teachers In case anyone still has the remnants of the original short NSW calendar sent last spring, we have also changed two days that were intended to be…
Journals
“I see it from here.”-Colin
It takes practice to understand that each person has a unique point of view. What one person sees and what feels true to them may differ from someone else, and yet that doesn’t make them wrong. Perspectives can be broadened when minds are open to different ways of seeing. To support this, we decided to…
WW updates and thanks
Birthdays On Monday, the Dandelions celebrated Evyn’s 4th birthday, which was on January 24th. In the New School-West tradition of sharing a birthday book with the community, Evyn brought in a couple of her favorite books — Pirate Pups and The Sneetches — for us to read at Morning Circle. Before we started reading, we…
“The Weiss and Wyss is kinda different.” -Everly
As we planned to relaunch our identity exploration, we gathered inspiration from our professional development work on diversity with Mariama Richards. Mariama, one of the parents of the Cilantro group and the Associate Head of School at Crossroads, introduced Rudine Sims Bishop’s essay, “Windows, Mirrors and Sliding Glass Doors.” Bishop explains how children can see…
EW – a day in the month of January
Here is what we did in the month of January, enjoy!! Basils: Aloes:
EW thanks for the flowers!
Hello East Wing families, We would like to say thank you to everyone who brought flowers this month. Everly, Elliot, Mira, Levi, Dillon and Mason. The children truly enjoy creating bouquets for our spaces. Please check out the sign up genius (flowers) if you would like to sign up. We hope you enjoy the images…
“I need to check your heart.” – Emma
After noticing the Dandelion children’s interest in role-playing as doctors during imaginative play, we introduced a wooden doctor’s kit into our indoor House Area, along with a couple of new Bitty Baby dolls. We then observed, curious to see how these new materials might facilitate the roles that the children take on, the ideas that…
West Wing updates & thanks
Upcoming Calendar Reminders Monday, February 15th: SCHOOL CLOSED for Presidents’ Day Friday, March 5th & Monday, March 8th: SCHOOL CLOSED for West Coast Collaborative Reggio Conference with Teachers In case anyone still has the remnants of the original short NSW calendar sent last spring, we have also changed two days that were intended to be…
Look at us now! – EW ID panels
We are pleased to share the children’s updated identity panels with you all. Below you will find the questions we asked the children to support them in sharing what they find meaningful about themselves, as well as how they continue to communicate and make connections during this particular moment. What do you want people to…
Dandelion News!
My apologies, everyone! I had left out the very carefully land lovingly crafted words from Evelyn and Flora for our last week together. Here they are – NOT to be MISSED!! -Kris What a week it was! Filled with thoughts and good wishes of wellness for our other half of the Dandelions: Cary, Eddie, Evyn,…