Wow, it feels like this week just flew by! The Cilantros have grown so much and we are seeing quite a growth in their observational skills. By slowing down and looking more closely, they have discovered the unseen details and are recognizing the interconnectedness in the things around them. In the classroom, they see the…
The children spent many meetings deciding who would form the committee that would be in charge of figuring out the questions that would be used to update the new identity panels and yearbook. These questions would give us a window into their curiosity and subjectivity. After much dialogue, Christoph and Dylan became the representatives for…
This week, the children had an opportunity to reconnect with Cody during his dry hour for wound care. As Cindy brought Cody around in his temporary recovery bin, the children again inquired why do Cody and Squirt have a permanent separation if they were friends? With Squirt and Snowball (the fish) being the sole vertebrates in…
Each day I observe the teachers in their pods in support of their curriculum. With an eye toward building skill sets that develop overarching commitments to community, critical thinking, the complexity of citizenship, I listen for engagements that develop these ideals. Susan: Last week, Keaton and Mira painted a plant growing in water and its’…
We had an amazing first week back from our Spring Break! The children continued to share their knowledge of sea life and the beach. At the kinetic sand table, they shared how the shells came to be and invited each other to hear the ocean. Beach experiences and sea creatures also surfaced in clay, drawings,…
Monday, March 29th through Friday, April 2nd: SCHOOL CLOSED for Spring Break Tuesday, April 6 and following: Conference Check-ins via Zoom Cilantro: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0449afa629a02-cilantro1 Dandelion: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0449afa629a02-dandelion1 West Wing Open Houses Thanks for joining us for our Open Houses last week! We welcomed the opportunity for the West Wing families to explore the space, to view the…
Happy Spring! Thank you to everyone who brought flowers this month, Chloe, Colin, Mars, Golda, Dillon, Presley and Elliot. The children continue making beautiful arrangements for our environments. We celebrated Presley, Dylan, Roleen, and Mia’s birthdays this month. Don’t forget if you haven’t yet, please sign up to bring flowers. Have a wonderful Spring…
This week is our wonderful Dillon Ray’s last week in the Aloe Vera Group. The children are spending their last days together making special cards for Dillon to share their most enjoyable moments and what they learned from him. We are also supporting Dillon to create notes to express his feelings and remembered special moments…
Cody is at school and showing some fight which is great. He’s hanging out in the office with me so I can bathe him and dress his wounds twice a day and Cindy and I give him shots every 3 days (yes, it takes two people ha ha). Whenever I walk into a pod, the…
We have learned with our experiences over the years how powerful the environment is in speaking to our values and so when we met together in June to envision how we would redesign our spaces within mandated guidelines that divided us, the word “transparency” became our new mantra. The Reggio principle that says “The Environment…