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Cutting, Punching, Taping
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Cutting, Punching, Taping

January 31, 2019

We’ve been busy as bees! Hole punching, cutting with scissors, and learning to use the tape dispenser, all independently.

Solving Wesley’s Wheelbarrow Problem
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Solving Wesley’s Wheelbarrow Problem

September 27, 2018

Wesley has a wheelbarrow in the sandbox, and he is shoveling sand into it. When it tips over, he tries to right it, and expresses frustration when it keeps on tipping over. Mark comes over, and

If I had a hammer…
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If I had a hammer…

June 8, 2018

I’d hammer in the morning… Nails can bend too.  So, you might want to be careful.  Graeme Cuz it’s in the crack, and if it sticks we’re going to pull them out like this(using the claw). 

Introducing Real Hammers and Nails
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Introducing Real Hammers and Nails

May 31, 2018

A couple of weeks ago, an amazing man named Pete Moorhouse visited our school. He is not only a wonderful sculptor, but he is a kind of woodworking atelierista with preschoolers. In our conversations with him

Introducing wire as a tool
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Introducing wire as a tool

May 28, 2018

Family Day is next Saturday (6/2) from 10-12. Please come! Families and faculty will work together building sculptures using natural materials (which LNS children have been busy collecting!). Knowing that wire will be one tool available

Rewinding. How did we get to constructing a hotel?
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Rewinding. How did we get to constructing a hotel?

May 20, 2018

Often we ask the children to rewind their memories, to think back on what we have done, in an effort to make new sense of our work. This blog post is a rewind. It is an

Transforming our Easel
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Transforming our Easel

May 17, 2018

We decided to replace the mirrors on the easel with the plexiglass so that the children could paint on them. But after removing the mirrors, we thought the children might like do some real work with

Acting Out “The Way Back Home”
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Acting Out “The Way Back Home”

April 5, 2018

Today at meeting we acted out The Way Back Home (by Oliver Jeffers). We had read the book several times at meeting and also a couple times during snack, upon request, so the children were very

“I’d write my name, Charlie, and then I could sit in it whenever I wanted.”
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“I’d write my name, Charlie, and then I could sit in it whenever I wanted.”

February 26, 2018

What does democracy look like in a classroom? How do children and adults have voice in our Studio Red community?How do we name challenges and solve problems?How do we construct the agreements we follow in our

Which one works the best?
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Which one works the best?

January 21, 2018

Last Monday, Diane began work with a small group of three: Chester, Maren, and Brooke. She invited them to create a video about how to build a catapult. The children decided that they want the video

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Lincoln Nursery School is a non-sectarian, non-profit, cooperative nursery school, serving 60 children ages 2.9 to 6 years old. Our community is composed of families from many surrounding towns.

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