Hi families! Here are our videos and activities for today: Teacher video: Join Teacher Patricia as she plays "Bug In The Rug" with her soft toy friends. She reminds Magnolia kids how to play the game. Looking at pictures from school: Here are some pictures of us playing bug in the rug at school. [...]
Hi families! Here are our videos and activities for today: Singing: Join Teacher Patricia for some singing and talking about feelings! She talks about dealing with frustration, disappointment, and sadness by thinking about what she’s thankful for and sings “Thanks A Lot” by Raffi. Decorating silkworm box: Join Teacher Rachel as she decorates [...]
Hey Forest Friends Families, Today I'm emailing with a video of me showing my backyard and talking about the new plants I've planted. In this video, I talk about how spending time outside and the consistency of watering plants (or having a schedule in more kid-friendly language) have helped me cope with my feelings of sadness. [...]
Hi Redbud Families! Talking about feelings is something I have been thinking about lately, especially when trying to help my kids self-regulate in these strange days. The teacher video today is about feelings and of course, making all kinds of silly faces. https://youtu.be/WMW44jZy-p4 In line with the video, my activity idea involves feelings! You can use playdough to make [...]
Hello Forest Friends Fam, Today, I am including a video of myself reading "We Are In a Book!" by Mo Willems. This is a great book for children learning to read to learn about punctuation, capitalization, and elements of stories like speech bubbles. It's also great for learning about feelings and facial expressions, and it's [...]
Hi Redbud Families, Teacher message: In today's video, I read The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats. As usual, watch out for the many cameos of the children in my house and baby noises. https://youtu.be/NOI9zhJLITE Suggested Activity: One of the many tools we teach in the Redbud classroom is naming our feelings. Being able to name their feelings [...]
Hi Redbud Families, Teacher message: In today's video, I read My Many Colored Days and act out some of the pages. Suggested Activity: It can be especially hard for Redbuds to express those big feelings they're having when they don't have the words. Art is often a helpful tool for children to both communicate how they're [...]
Hi JB Families! Here is a puppet show video about Feelings during Quarantine and meeting by Zoom. Ellie and Popple, the puppets in the video, also encourage you to do a scavenger hunt for things that appear in 4s around the house --Send us pics if you'd like! Teacher Lee
Hi families! Here we are, at the end of Week 3! We’re sure these three weeks have felt endless and overwhelming and intense and that you’ve felt an enormous range of emotions. As you know, next week is our Spring Break, although we know it won’t feel much like a break to you. We will [...]
Hello Families! Teacher Office Hours: These begin today with Teacher Maddie! Below is the blurb that was in yesterday’s email: Hello parents, in order to better support you we will be opening up "office hours" daily for families to sign up to do an activity with a teacher. Click this link to sign [...]