Hello Mariposa Families, This will be our final post for the year. As I write this last post it seems that time has flown by and it’s still surreal that we have come to the end of the school year already. As we wrapped up this year we have shared so many experiences with you […]
As we approach the end of the school year, the children are showing a need for more outside time, free play, and exploration of the natural world. Our annual ECC Garden work day was a great success, and fueled interest in making potions with flower petals and herbs in the outdoor mud kitchen and outdoor […]
Hi Mariposa ! These last few weeks were filled with fun and exciting projects. From having a visiting artist visit our school and play music with us Mr. Salani from Zimbabwe , to families coming into the class to share about cultural celebrations to our junior teacher Ruth coming in for a day, it has […]
The past month, we have noticed the children showing an interest in “true stories” especially biographies. A rich learning environment has emerged between children bringing in books about famous people on sharing day, a sprinkling of biographies in our library, and Julianne focusing activities inspired by African American artists. Last week, the children colored geometrical […]
Greetings Mariposa, We have had so much fun in class and it’s great to see all the growth that has happened with all the children and how engaged they continue to be. The children are doing great with their take home letter collages and presenting about them. We have enjoyed various cooking projects and various […]
Spotlight of Mariposa Makers The children have settled back into the flow of the classroom smoothly following winter break. We kicked off January with a maker’s space in our dramatic play nook. It is stocked with items like feathers, cardboard, google eyes, string, pipe cleaners, corks, jewels and more. The children flock to this area […]
Happy Holidays Mariposa ! Mariposa children have been hard at work with cooking and crafting these past few weeks. Cooking and Birthdays: We enjoyed two birthday circles, celebrating Nathan’s birthday and Christin’s birthday! We made ants on a log and had tons of fun using the spiral apple peeler. We also baked apple crumble for […]
Greetings Mariposa, Thank you for being patient while we had some technical difficulties with this blog. Thank you to Zuri’s family for coming in and celebrating Diwali with us. We did lots of sensory projects ranging from cooking jello to doing art using sand, glue and watercolors. We made oobleck and many of the children […]
H is for “Halloween” “House” and “Hedgehogs When diving into our sound study for the letter “H” the children engaged in a variety of activities involving literacy, art, and scientific thinking. We read the book If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen and invited the children to make a blue print of a […]
Greetings Mariposa Families ! It’s finally feeling a little more like fall and we have been hard at work continuing to learn about pumpkins and their lifecycles, and creating fall art that range from haunted houses with Julianne, to collaborative class room canvases and ghosts . Letter F : In studying the letter F we […]
