Relaxing. Reflective. These two words really capture how this morning’s Coffee with Roleen felt! We had thoughtful discussions about how we can take care of ourselves in order to be better parents. We also discussed everything from discipline to mindfulness to our frustrations as parents. We also spent a good deal of time talking about…
As the children developed deeper-connections with the vertical garden, they realized that our living garden was missing a sign that would communicate its importance. We decided to create a “Community Garden” sign in the woodworking space. As we spent many days working on the sign, we decided to pause and reflect. I wondered what the children…
Thank you, Heather Andrews, for the thoughtful reflection below. [Show slideshow] 1 2 ► ### We were excited to take advantage of a last-minute date night last Thursday to stop by the Mar Vista art walk. Driving down Venice, heading to the school and seeing the extensive sidewalk art displays, live concerts, and dance…
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The children were appearing stuck in representing their ideas of the boy and girl masks and the teachers were wondering how they might support them with materials beyond paints. Following a West Coast Collaborative tour with Clarissa Esguerra of the LACMA exhibit on the work of artist Marc Chagall, the teachers were inspired to share with…
The woodworking space welcomes the children from both the EW and the WW to work together with multiple tools. It is in this process that they can bridge new and seasoned experiences and expand on their learning by sharing their challenges and discoveries and support each other in the different ways of using the tools.…
What a special morning discussing everything from empowering our children to appropriate consequences to our children’s self-esteem. Thank you to The Griffith Family for opening up their beautiful home. [Show slideshow]
The West Wing is continuing their exploration of non-verbal communication that started in November. In viewing their photos in a shared binder, the teachers noticed a limited amount of emotional descriptors beyond happy, sad, scared, mad, and silly. We also began to see the children becoming more attached to who is in the picture rather…
In the Front Yard, our Garden Team of parents have been working on designing a vertical garden. Paki (Olive, EW) and Kelly (Eliotte, EW) working on the pavers and vertical garden. The children were part of this process and teacher Katherine has been meeting with the children and parents to continue developing the idea. After…
Reflecting together with the children in their everyday experiences is part of our daily routine. In the Front Yard, we began to talk about the meaning of the word “community”. The children immediately became excited to share their ideas of what a community means to them and how they practice their ideas. Palmer: A community is…