The 2 year old Ladybugs have been engaged in their “Life and Growing” unit and this week they’re learning all about insects. They learned all about honey; from bees, nectar and flowers to picking it up from the grocery store. They learned that a beekeeper wears a special hat so he doesn’t get stung and despite […]
The 2-3 year old Roly Polies have been doing “Roly Poly of the Week.” This special activity is so exciting for these guys but it also creates a bridge from home to school and encourages individual ownership over their classroom. Here’s how it works: – Classroom work, pictures and anything else they would like gets put up […]
The 3 year-old Caterpillars are studying plants, just in time for spring! They have been doing “life-cycle of a seed” movement activities, planting seeds in the classroom and reading tons of books about where our food comes from and how plants/gardens grow. For this project they were honing their observation skills, doing careful drawings with […]
Gina, from Imagination Playground, came to The Co-op School today to talk to us about our amazing new blocks. She told us that an architect named David Rockwell discovered that his children liked playing with the large boxes their toys came in more than the actual toys and so he came up with the idea […]
The Bumblebee class is studying Balloons for their inquiry study and they had Balloon-Shape-Maker Extraordinaire Robert come in for an amazing demonstration!! Q: “Are you making a T-Rex? How are you going to connect them?” A: “Watch!” Q: “How do you make it?” A: “Blow it up and twist” Q: “How do you twist it […]
The Pre-K Grasshopper class learned how to make pasta! YUM!!
“I have a Halloween book. I picked it because I like monsters.” “I have a book about the community. It’s about all the people who help other people when they write stuff for them.” “I picked this book because I thought I would like it. This ghost takes the scarf and then the guy takes […]
The Bumblebee Pre-K kids have embarked on another adventure: they have decided that they are really interested in learning more about balloons – how the float, why some float and some don’t, how they deflate, what happens if you fill them with sand… So they are off! Here is the timeline their teachers posted in the […]