Thank you for a great year full of challenges and joys. Our community was strong throughout and we are so grateful to have stayed connected. We wish you a happy 4th of July and a sweet summer break. Roleen, Katy and I are available throughout July so reach out 🙂 We celebrated our last morning…
The East Wing had a zoom graduation and the West Wing is looking forward to a new school year at NSW. Teacher Amy shared some classic stories to bring us back to our early days at NSW during the morning circle. And all day long small groups of children watched graduation videos with their teachers.…
Flowers enriched our daily lives this week and were brought by Christoph, Kou, Rosie Mae, Dylan, and Hendriks. Snack was brought by Rosie Mae, Arnon, Jack, Ennio, Bodhi, Lucy C., Eve, Phedon, Christoph, and Ennio. Hendriks, Colin & Chloe, Moss, Mia, Luca, Mira & Sonia, Sawyer, Everly, Mika, Taj and Miles – YUM. The facilitating…
The West Wing responded to a photo of Tiziana and Loretta with Teacher Adriana and Roleen. Adriana asked the children what they wanted our visiting teachers to know about them: Miles: The story (about the wall). Christoph: The forest (part of that story). Golda: The Building Space – building for the Big Bad Wolf (in…
Wanting to understand the children’s connections to the turtles and fish, we redesigned different areas in our classroom environment. The light table was transformed with natural materials to mimic a habitat and included images of Cody, Squirt, and the fish. We also filmed live footage of them in the tank and projected these videos onto…
There was good food and great company at our annual Secret Dinners! Thanks to everyone who hosted and attended. Your funds will support our work with Reggio Emilia! The whole NSW staff is working double duty to raise funds for our further study. Friday, Roleen hosted a workshop on the culture of welcoming and on…
The trip to the Farmer’s Market was focused on bringing back plants for our garden. Lori Shapiro (Golda, WW) chaperoned on the bus to the market and Melanie’s dad took photos and came along for the ride too. While enjoying the produce, plants and people, our friend, Farmer Pete sold us the desired plants and…
Amanda O’Keefe (Lily, EW) shared her knowledge about navigating Charter schools, Echoices, magnets, and language immersion schools. Former parents Justin (his kids are now at Broadway Spanish immersion) and Paula (twins are at Mar Vista Elementary), we’re also there to share insight on these topics.Roleen facilitated the discussion with helpful insight into the role of…
An intimate discussion around a variety of topics like mom-guilt, being a single parent, sibling struggles, and tools for sleep made for a bonding experience supported with tons of insight from Roleen. Thank you for an amazing morning! I was really moved by how Roleen opened the conversation this morning, reflecting on a friend’s memorial…What can…
The big bad wolf revisited. Extending the children’s wall interest based on their storytelling, we set up a provocation in the mini-studio which included wooden figures, natural materials, and the wall that the children built with our Atelierista, Amy. Below is one of the stories the children created: The big bad wolf blows the wall…