The 3-year old Caterpillars have loved their expansive block area since the first day of school. During Free Play, there is often a castle or train station being designed and built by a team of very focused workers. One day, the Caterpillars brainstormed the buildings you find in a city and then paired up to build a whole city […]
The 10-Question Teacher Interview for Irving Preschool Teacher, Shaniqua Pippen 1. How long have you been working at The Co-op School?“This is my third year working at The Co-op School.”2. What’s your favorite part of being part of The Co-op School?“My favorite part about being at The Co-op School is knowing that there is an entire gang […]
The pre-k Grasshoppers explored our new Block Room over a week and worked together to create an amazing castle!
Since the start of the school year, the Crickets have been so interested in learning about their peers. They’ve been talking to each other about their favorite movie, their favorite food, their bedrooms and the people in their family! Since they have been so excited to tell their friends more about themselves and their family, they’ve invited their […]
The 10-Question Teacher Interview for Brevoort Woodshop Teacher, Glenn Jingkeski 1. How long have you been working at The Co-op School?“This is my first year at the Co-op School.” 2. What’s your favorite part of being part of The Co-op School?“The students and teachers are excited about having wood shop.” 3. What do you like to do for […]
Last weekend The Co-op School participated in a Global Cardboard Challenge along with Maple Street School. This is an annual challenge that invites kids around the world to design and build awesome creations using cardboard, recycled materials and imagination. The schools worked in their classrooms to make a huge cardboard train and assembled it together in front […]
During the month of October, the Crickets have been sharing stories and building relationships with the people who fill their lives with love and excitement: friends and family! On this windy October day, the Crickets agreed that they would work together to keep the parachute from flying away! Everyone held a part of the parachute […]
We had our first Brevoort Town Hall meeting this morning and it was a great success! The idea behind these monthly meetings is to come together for school-wide announcements and to provide a place where we can share all of our wonderful classroom happenings with one another. We started with a song: And then introduced our new Spanish […]
We thought about what we could do with the amazing HOLLOW BLOCKS we fundraised for last year and the staff room that was being underutilized – we decided to create a fabulous new block room! The classes will get the room for 1 week at a time so that they can have time to plan […]
As the Butterflies kick off the new year together self portraits are a must!! This project is a Butterfly favorite and is prefect for our month study on “Me, Myself, and I.” For this Art lesson each butterfly looked into a mirror to help them collage the best “me.” They each had a chance to pick […]