The children in the West Wing became increasingly interested in giving and receiving notes to one another. We planned to come up with a better system for note delivery between the Cilantros and the Dandelions. The previous system, where a teacher on each side was needed to facilitate and coordinate delivery, was not supporting the…
Flowers Thank you so much to Cary’s and Ana’s families for the beautiful flowers this week. These bouquets not only brighten up our spaces but also provide inspiration for color mixing, observational drawing, and loose parts exploration. Here’s the link to our SignUpGenius for classroom flowers: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0449afa629a02-flower Birthday! Traditionally, we have invited parents in to…
One of the West Wing research questions is: What will we learn alongside children and families to deepen our understanding of their capabilities and our partnership? When Spencer arrived one morning, he requested the soccer ball. He had a plan. He wanted to throw the soccer ball at the wind chimes and make the sound. …
It was so much fun preparing for our Halloween celebration!! The children enjoyed making decorations for the classroom, like pumpkin drawings and pumpkins made with paper maché, paper chains, and all kinds of spooky decorations. We spent weeks making all these things and had many conversations to make sure that our decor worked for the…
Flowers, pumpkins, gourds, and more! Thank you to Wiley’s family for bringing fresh lettuce for our turtles and to Spencer’s and Colette’s families for bringing in flowers this week to our classrooms. These bouquets not only brighten up our spaces but also provide inspiration for color mixing, observational drawing, and loose parts exploration. We also…
In the West Wing, many of our beginning experiences with drawing and painting are centered around the joy of pure exploration: How do I feel when my brush moves across the paper? What happens when these two colors play together? What emotions can different colors bring? As the children become more familiar with paint and…
The Cilantro group got a fun surprise in the Sand Area when we noticed a strand of Halloween decorations that the Aloe Vera group created and left for us to find. We transferred it to the Middle Courtyard to add to our Haunted House. At our reflection meeting, we discussed how we could show our…
Hello, East Wing families. This month has been filled with much anticipated hellos! We welcomed Dylan Fields to the Aloe group and Elliot to the Basils. We also started exchanging outside spaces with the West Wingers. The Aloe space welcomed the Cilantros and the Basil space welcomed the Dandelions! Preparing for our Halloween celebration this…
During our first playdates, the Cilantro children explored all the areas of the classroom and Middle Courtyard. One corner of the Middle Courtyard was set up with seeds, pods, leaves, petals and many natural materials to explore. Copper spent some time grinding the cilantro seeds and wondered out loud, “How could we plant them?” The…
Flowers, pumpkins, gourds, and more! The Dandelion families contributed so many wonderful items to our classroom this week! It is really looking like Fall in our indoor and outdoor spaces with all of the flowers, pumpkins, gourds, wheat stalks, seed pods, etc. Thank you to Arya’s and Oona’s families for the flowers and Spencer’s, Zoe’s,…