Hey Forest Friends Fam! Staying at home everyday and creating activities for you and your child to do together may be stressful enough, but on top of that do you find yourself overwhelmed with the number of toys and half projects left out after those activities? As we all know, cleaning up after preschoolers can feel [...]
Hey Forest Friends Parents, This email is for you! Today, Teacher Alicia and I are hoping to start a conversation about nap time/quiet rest time for kids who don't nap. How has nap/rest-time been going at home? Have any challenging behaviors come up? Email us your questions, thoughts and concerns! We'd love to help brainstorm ways [...]
Hellooo Forest Friends! Teacher Charlie here, with a very special song. It's about the feeling of missing someone. It reminds us that when we miss somebody, it's often because our love is so big. That very same love connects us even over distances. It's being sent as a link thru google drive I believe, so [...]
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 [...]
Hey Forest Friends Fam, Teacher Alicia here :) Lately I have been hanging out with Oakster Emilia and today we did a fun activity that had us outside in the sunshine and practicing good hygiene! We took one of her favorite toys, a rolling animal train, and decided to take it for a walk around [...]
Hello Forest Friends Fam, It's Teacher Alicia and Teacher Eliza here with some tips on what to do to help your child rest during the day, especially if your child does not nap. At school, rest-time is especially important for non-nappers because it is one of the few times during their day that they will [...]
Hello Forest Friends Fam, Magnolia Forest Friends had been talking a lot about robots. We talked about real robots and pretend robots from movies and TV shows. (transformers anyone?) Below is a book reading, robot making project, and idea for a robot dance party that can be done by all ages. Read Aloud with Zach [...]
Teacher Sarah is sending out love and warm energy to all CCS families and friends, as well as offering fun movement and sorting activities that align with our animal & habitat theme. I hope you all enjoy! Activities: 1.) We've all been spending a lot of time indoors lately, so here's a video dancing to Raffi's [...]
Hello Forest Friends Fam, Today Teacher Eliza and I are working on a postcard project for us all to keep in touch through art making. We are calling it Pen Pal Club! We hope that this will start up a correspondence between teachers and students through a medium that will allow us to share how [...]