As part of the nationwide Children’s Book Week (May 13-19), Co-op School students join kids around the country in celebrating reading. We paired together with Greenlight Bookstore to bring in the amazing children’s book author Tad Hills, author of How Rocket Learned to Read and Duck & Goose. It was a great opportunity for students to meet […]
The 2 year-old Roly Polys curriculum as of late has been inspired by the children’s love and borderline obsession of the book Roller Coaster by Marla Frazee. The children have read various books on roller coasters, examined roller coaster design, explored the experience of the ride and discussed their fears. They also have recreated the roller coaster […]
Over the past month, the Caterpillars have been learning about plant and animal life in habitats both exotic and familiar. After learning about the water cycle, Caterpillars watch the rain come down outside their window. Desert life These Caterpillars are watching a spider they found on the playground. Earthworms! A three-toed sloth Examining a coconut […]
George’s mom Ariana ran our Spring Planting Day! Every class gets their own container to grow veggies, herbs, flowers…
The Fireflies have been breaking plants down into little bits… literally! They have spent the past few weeks learning about what plants need to live and grow, all of their different parts, as well as some exploration of how insects ( like bees and butterflies) are important to the life of plants. They have even […]
The kids decided what they want to create to help make money for our Hollow Block Fundraiser. They have been hard at work pickling, making cupcakes and yellow & black striped bee-like popcorn along with Mother’s and Father’s day cards! We have the booth open at Brevoort every morning 8-9:30am for the entire month of May! (Online […]
Check out the Dragonflies awesome Fire Safety Video… the culminating project for the First Responders Study: https://vimeo.com/64315221
“Watch how fast the balls can roll down!” “We have to get more!” “If we put them close, it might work!”
The PreK Dragonflies are talking a lot about Earth Day these days. The children came up with the idea to make an “earth collage” during choice time this week. They made a trip down to our Materials Room and collected what looked interesting to them. They then glued the recycled materials on a large piece […]