Hello Forest Friends Families, First of all, I miss seeing your faces everyday and hope you are all pulling through during this unprecedented time. Second, rocks are an absolute treasure according to almost every preschooler I have ever met. Luckily, they are also quite accessible on a neighborhood walk or in your backyard. Once you [...]
Hello families! Link to Youtube Playlist (All Videos): Here is a link to our growing playlist with teacher-led videos. Youtube has some pretty strict policies around ‘saving’ videos that are made for kids, so these videos will be easier to access here. Let us know if you have any technical difficulties! Today’s Video: Teacher Alex [...]
Good Morning Juneberry Families! Hope you are caring for yourselves in this trying time. Below you will find the lesson for today. After viewing the video, please encourage your child to: Search for shapes in the environment surrounding them. Note how interesting it is to see shapes often in unusual things like the way one [...]
I hope everyone is holding up well these days, there has definitely been a large learning curve for me in learning how to support and nurture my own kiddos for most of the day! Whatever you are figuring out, know that you are doing a great job in supporting yourselves and your families by doing [...]
Hello Magnolia families! We hope you’re holding in there. We know that this week might feel harder than last week. Kids are used to one week vacations from school, but as time goes on, we imagine that bigger feelings might be coming out, especially with the uncertainty of when we’ll be heading back. We [...]
Hi Redbud Families, How's everyone doing out there? I hope you're finding ways to cope with this strange new reality, and maybe even occasional moments of joy. The highlight of my day yesterday was running into a Redbud friend and his dad while I was out riding my bike. It's hard to practice social distancing [...]
Hello families! Hope you’re all taking good care of yourselves and each other. Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems: Click here to visit Mo Willems’ online studio! “Learners worldwide can draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing by visiting Mo’s studio virtually once a day for the next few weeks. Grab some paper and pencils, [...]
Remember we listened to some Jazz music in our classroom? Today we'll listen to New Orleans Jazz... Please enjoy these videos to learn more! Below are the lyrics and a link to the song for you to use as you wish! Video 1: https://youtu.be/1p0R6uXztG8 Video 2: https://youtu.be/mCQtfkLCAC0 Other activities you can do while listening to [...]
Hello Magnolia families! It was wonderful to see so many of you at our Zoom meeting yesterday, we miss you all so much and can’t wait to virtually see all again soon. We appreciate any and all feedback on the meeting, we have lots of thoughts about how to improve it for next time but [...]
Hello Forest Friends! Today I have some museum-focused activities for us, that can help us appreciate what we've done so far in this crazy week and a half, and hopefully help us feel still connected to Philly too. 1) Make an art museum! I'm pretty sure your kiddos have made a fair amount of art [...]