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November 29, 2012

Thanksowe’en, Day Seven

Day-to-day, Seedling, Sunflower, Uncategorized

Eli (Hulk), Taylor (Bumblebee), and Hudson (Superman) enjoy a little downtime from superhero heroics and mayhem in order to enjoy a little Hallowe’en camaraderie. This is day Seven of our “Twelve Days of Thanksowe’en”, in which we are posting a different photo from our Hallowe’en party for the last twelve […]

November 29, 2012

A Shout-out to Betty Hart

Activism, Day-to-day, Lavender, Maple, Playground, Seedling, Sunflower

Betty Hart was a friend and mentor for some of us, and what she contributed to our field and to the trajectory of children is among the most “heroic” achievements in science (to quote Lois Bloom and John Mabry). Betty Hart is one of the primary reasons we do what […]

November 27, 2012

Thanksowe’en, Day Five

Day-to-day, Sunflower

We have lots of great pictures of our “Snap Apple” activity from our Hallowe’en party, but this one sums up the “frenzy” as accurately as any that we have. Here we’ve got a precariously-hatted Pirate Jude, and Hudson’s Superman superpowers somewhat abated by the removal of his cape (it’s only […]

November 23, 2012

Thanksowe’en, Day Two

Day-to-day, Sunflower

Day two of our 12-days-of-Thanksowe’en: Nina, Beckett and Hudson hop for apples! Centuries ago, in Britain, the apples were hung from the ceiling with string. This popular game was known as “Snap-Apple.” We’ve got some pretty competitive “Snap-Applers”! More “Snap-Appling” to come. Another beautiful photo by Dawn Fire. Thanks, Dawn!

November 22, 2012

We give thanks for CUTENESS!

Day-to-day, Maple, Sunflower

Happy Thanksgiving, all! We’re going to post a dozen amazing pictures from our Halloween party over a the next week or so. Think of it as the 12 Days of Thanksowe’en! All photos were taken by the ever-gracious and supportive Dawn Fire, who has been showing up and taking some […]

November 5, 2012

Butterfly snack (from Pinterest)

Day-to-day, Maple, Seedling, Sunflower

Truman and Vincent make their respective butterflies from 3 grapes, two orange slices, and pretzels as stolen from Pinterest!

November 5, 2012

Kids sneaking into learning groups!

Day-to-day, Seedling, Sunflower

Katy and Taylor are so eager to join this Language for Learning group that they just sneak in to the left of Celia, Hudson, and Marion as Mallory leads them all to greatness!

November 1, 2012

We know it’s blurry, but….

Day-to-day, Maple, Sunflower

One of our parents walked in with his kids this morning to find Cassie in the hallway sitting like this. He had the presence of mind to take this cellphone photo to and send it to us. This is the day *after* Halloween, mind you.

October 26, 2012

Teaching through Take Homes….

Day-to-day, Sunflower

Lauren teaches on as Nina and Gabriel complete their Language for Learning worksheets.

October 19, 2012

Lunch Time @ pumpkin patch

Day-to-day, Lavender, Seedling, Sunflower

October 19, 2012

Getting ready to slide at Leaping Lizards.

Day-to-day, Lavender, Maple, Seedling, Sunflower

October 17, 2012

It’s Log!

Day-to-day, Sunflower

4 year old Gabriel focuses on hammering nails into a log we are reusing from a tree trimming around our building. The kids sure do enjoy this activity. (Log, hammer, and nails is all you need!!)

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