Flowers
Thanks to Leo’s family for the beautiful flowers this week. The ranunculus and anemones created a beautiful tablescape for our Thanksgiving Pizza Party.
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Thanksgiving
NSW will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27. We will reopen on Monday, November 30. Have a safe and happy holiday!
Group updates
Cilantro
This week was so cozy being in our jammies. Although it was a short week, it was full of discoveries. Colors were mixed to discover the hues that live in our beautiful skin. With water colors and droppers, blue and metallic paints were combined. Small pools of paint mixed together, making whimsical colors and swirling designs. The children also explored how to move and break droplets with the droppers.
Throughout this season of Thanksgiving we take time to wholeheartedly express gratitude for all of the people who live in our hearts. We truly are the lucky ones.
Ami: I am thankful for mommy, daddy, Titi Lala, and Reese.
Colette: I am thankful for my mommy and daddy. They help me when I need to snap buttons and buckle. I am thankful for Granny and Grandpa.
Dot: I am thankful when mommy and daddy read books to me.
Emme: I am thankful my daddy is a toilet fixer and for daddy’s rainbow bundt cake and that mommy reads to me.
Leo: I am thankful I play with my mommy and train set, and my special books, and all my special toys.
Luka: I am thankful for yoga with daddy and baby yoga with my mom.
Oona: I am thankful for crystals and my mommy and daddy.
Wiley: I’m thankful for the stories my mom and dad tell me. And for the jewelry and dress that I play in.
Cindy: I am thankful for nature and my family.
Silvana: I am thankful to those who hold space to listen.
Wendy: I am thankful for having a supporting family, friends and NSW team.
Dandelion
The children have been enjoying the large tree in our outdoor space all school year. We run and ride our bikes around it; we hang our watercolor vials and our windchime from it; we hide behind it in games of Hide and Seek. We’ve been watching the colors of the leaves change for the last few weeks, and now we are starting to see the brown, gold, yellow, and tan leaves fall! The children have been overjoyed to discover all of the ways that they can play with the leaves. We’ve even found ways to bring this type of play indoors to the Exploration Room. We are using the projector to put photos and videos of the tree and its fall leaves into the space, and the children are interacting with these images with flashlights, color wands, and shadow play.
Other materials and experiences offered this week include the paints at the easels outside and the mini studio table inside; sculpey clay and clay tools; the indoor and outdoor house area; the woodchip area and structure; and note-making and subsequent deliveries through our West Wing mailbox.
We’ve also been having conversations with the children about what they are thankful for:
Ana: Hugging Cary.
Cary: My mom and Dad.
Eddie: My daddy, my mommy, [and] my brother.
Emma: My aunt Stephanie and for Evyn to come to school.
Evyn: My grandma.
Leon: Granny.
Marcel: Thankful for going fishing.
Olivia: Hugging Zoe.
Spencer: My mom, dad, Sabrina, Cyrus, baby Skyler, and Angus.
Zoe: My mommy and thankful for Emma.
Evelyn: All my family, friends, and NSW.
Dana: My family and my loved ones.
Flora: My family, the NSW community, all the Dandelions, our front yard tree (for bringing so much joy to the children), and for health.