Story Stones
Planning for the Woodland Walk is a joyful agenda item at a faculty meeting. Teachers suggest animals, insects, birds, fungus, elements in nature that the children are noticing. This year the characters are squirrel, caterpillar, red
Archive for October 2018
An Experiment
On our Tuesday nature walk we found puffball mushrooms spreading across the grass. With sticks, we gently poked the bulbous fungi to release their brown spores into the air. This action gave way to much excitement
What About the Babies?
In one of our lengthy afternoon discussions in Studio Blue, we noticed that the baby doll play that was happening in the beginning of the year had fizzled out in recent weeks. We wondered why… Perhaps
Will you help build it back?
Susannah is watching Wesley make a bridge out of felt. Livia and Ellie notice, and jump along the length of it. Wesley expresses concern that they will break it, and indeed, as Livia jumps across it,
Color Mixing
In the hopes of drawing our attention towards the vibrant shades of green in the summer landscape, we chose to begin the year by offering yellow and blue paints at the easel. After many days of
How do we find Virginia?
We’re still busy following paths, roads, trails, and sidewalks in Studio Purple. When Julia was missing from class one day a few weeks back, we told the children that she had taken a trip to New
Working Out
Jamie, Johann, Josie and Ellie are in the classroom at or near the playdough. The rest of the children have elected to play outside.Jamie approaches Mark and asks, Where mommy? I don’t know – where does
Let’s Make a Farm!
Let’s make a farm! I’m a boy farmer. Marky I’m the horsey! That’s because I love horses. I ride a horse and his name was Pie! Ursula Ursula is the horsey and I’m the ducky! That’s because
A focused afternoon.
Studio Red has been creating voluminous structures with tape, paper, foil, mat board, and cardboard. Now we wish to extend and challenge this learning in a new way, with a new approach and a new tool.
Children as Scientists
Maria Montessori, the twentieth century educator believed that all children behave like “little scientists” in that they are eager to observe and make “what if” discoveries about their world. This continues to remain true in the digital