Hi Redbud Families! In today's teacher message I noticed the raspberries growing in my garden. I discussed how I took care of the plant, which allowed it to grow and bear fruit that we can eat. https://youtu.be/RBV1qQnyfGU For the activity notice how the plants in your house or garden are growing and how you cared for [...]
Hi Redbud Families, This week our curriculum will focus on how we take care of plants and how plants take care of us! In today’s teacher message, Fox and I talk about compost. I demonstrate how I add ingredients to my compost tumbler and feed the finished compost to my raspberry plants. At the end of [...]
Hello Redbud families, Teacher’s Message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hTtzYxVzHc Today we conclude our week exploring counting and I show a way for children to keep track as they count something. Activity: Choose something to count while going on a walk (stop signs, people); while sitting outside (dogs, squirrels); or even in your house (closets, beds). Let [...]
Hello, Redbud families: Today's teacher message features me and Sock the hand puppet talking about three red roses we counted on the rosebush in our backyard, and we draw those three roses together–with a little bit of help from your Redbud kid, too! Today's suggested activity: Today's video is about practicing a math skill called "one-to-one correspondence", [...]
Hello Redbud families! Today's teacher video continues our exploration of Spring and counting. Today I counted sandals in two different ways with my helpers Leo and Shiloh. I also included a birthday video for Elly! Please feel free to take advantage of our resource list, here is the link again: Resources for Talking to Children about [...]
Hello Redbud Families, This has been an incredibly heartbreaking week in the midst of a heartbreaking season. I will echo Jarrod’s words from his email last night: if you need anything, please reach out; we are a community, our connection is our strength. I know that many of you are already deeply engaged [...]
Hello Redbud families, In today's teacher message, Sock the hand puppet and I read the book I Help, by Caitlin Dale Nicholson and Leona Morin-Neilson. The story is about a child and their grandmother who drive to the woods to pick berries together, with a simple and beautiful message at its heart: each generation holds its own wisdom [...]
Hi Redbud families! For today's teacher video I read a class favorite The very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle. https://youtu.be/6tNmQzsBfmU Today's activity is making a snack and then counting it. At school we often integrate counting in our day by counting how many pieces of snack we have on our plates and/or asking for a certain number from [...]
Hi Redbud families, In today’s teacher message, I read Lola Plants a Garden. Then I go out to my real-life garden to check on the plants. Come along and see what’s growing! In the story, Lola cuts out colorful shapes to make a flower book. My suggested activity for today is to try some collage [...]
Hello Redbud Families! Teacher Message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SZJOPbWC14 In today’s video, I demonstrate a two-part art project. To do it at home, first, invite your child to make a drawing with oil pastels or crayons. When they are finished, they can paint over their marks with watercolor paints. If you don’t have paints at home, [...]