After months of preparation, discussions, and designing, the group began construction with the help of Keith (Austin’s Dad EW). Starting from the bottom and building up, we began with the legs. The children divided the one-foot long round piece of wood into four pieces for the legs. Engaging in significant math skills, the children divided the 12…
Journals
This Week @ NSW
This week! Coffee with Roleen Wednesday, April 27th 9:30 am Hosted at Kelli Norman’s house (Miles, EW). See sign on the front door to reserve your space! Her address and other info can be found on the blog calendar. Family Day in the Park Saturday, April 30th Wade Park in Culver City 11:00 am –…
Photo Set – Day in the Life – 4/13/11
2011_04_13 DAY IN THE LIFE, a set on Flickr. Click the photo to your right to view more photos from this Day in the Life set! –Documentation Committee
“This is fast.” -Felix
Finishing his felting, Ryan wanted to turn his work into a pillow. Felix, Cookie, and Lola liked the idea and asked if they could make one too. With many children having previous experiences in hand sewing and with the Crib group almost ready for pillows and blankets, the teachers felt this was an opportune time…
“…you can make anything.” -Micah
In the last few weeks, Amy started introducing Needle Felting with the expertise of Jody Labb, Ila’s mom. Like all first experiences with new materials, we are experimenting. Using poking techniques, we’re observing the ways the colors blend. The children are commenting on the texture of the wool and the different shades of color with associative and comparative…
“Celery, celery, celery song….” -Maddox & Micah
Ivana and Kris took Maddox, Micah, Sadie C. and Leo to the Ocean View Farms plot on the bus today. These children had expressed great interest in cooking with Ivana and there was an interest in creating a stepping stone in mosaics for the plot. We talked about the focus of our visit on the…
mailbox walk
ON February 15th, we posted the kernel of interest that has lead us through the month to a visit to the Post Office. (To see the original ideas, type ‘deliver the mail’ into the search bar above.) The group investigating the actual Post Office met with parent volunteers for a walk to meet the Post…
mailing at the city mailbox
2011-03-24 09 23 38 (trimmed)mailing at the city mailbox Originally uploaded by NSW photostream
Welcome baby Ren Newhall
On February 18th, 2011 the Newhalls (Lev’s family WW) welcomed Ren into the family. Lev is a big brother! Congratulations Jonathan and Jessie and Lev.
“Again!” – Easton
Some children are hesitant when assigned to areas where they will get themselves dirty. Flora observed a group of children who’d expressed a dislike of dirty things. She intentionally assigned them to the mud pit – a very dirty place. Wondering how they would approach their concern and discomfort with getting dirty, Flora observed. Initially, Felix, Imonie, Morgan and Easton walked…