Journals

Mystery Box

The East Wing will begin their traditional ‘Mystery Box’ game on Monday. A name will be pulled and that child gets to take the box home and put a special object inside. Working with parents, the child makes clues to read at morning circle to see if friends can guess what’s inside. Bringing it back…

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The Line Game

Noticing that the children were working in separately defined spaces on the same canvas, the West Wing teachers thought of a game to facilitate conversation and a sense of collaboration with their peers. Yoli: “The line game is played by watching where your friend draws, then starting your line where they stop.” Offering oil pastels…

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“We’ll make the steps of how to make an airplane” -Raven

The paper airplane interest is currently being investigated by Adriana, Paola, Kristin and Alejandra (Carla’s mom, EW).. After observing paper airplanes, the repeated tossing of white whiffle balls, soaring beads and  baubles, it  became clear that trajectory was a large interest. We met on Tuesday this week to discuss the perceived interest throughout the school…

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newspaper airplane

newspaper airplane Originally uploaded by NSW photostream Raven and Dashiell test newspaper for their airplane. Maddox: “Oh, the paper won’t work.” Maddox has a keen understanding of the properties of paper and flight. Raven: “Why?” Maddox: “It won’t work because I know it won’t work.” He reaffirms his opinion, not having the experience of discovering…

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September at NSW

September at NSW Tuesday, September 13th Back to School Night for East Wing parents 6:30 – 8:45 pm at NSW *No child care on site Friday, September 16th Gymtastics with Peggy begins – sign up if you’re interested! Check your child’s folder for an application form Saturday, September 24th West Wing Potluck Social – hosted…

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