Dear Families, Welcome to The Children's Community School's Summer Club! We are thrilled to have you joining us. Today we will begin our summer program by discussing what it feels like to take a risk by doing something new. Kids may have all different kinds of feelings about trying something unfamiliar (and grown-ups too!). They [...]
Hi Juneberry Families! Here's a video of Teacher Lee reading a story about being Allies! This is the PDF if you'd like to read the story again later. Activity Suggestions Have a conversation with your child about how they can be an "Ally," a friend who supports other people. Brainstorm ways to be allies [...]
Hi families! Here are our videos and activities for today: We have transitioned to sending out our weekly activities on Sunday evening. Here is the document with our activities for this week. Morning meeting: Join Teacher Patricia as she reads “The Napping House”. Take care and drink lots of water! It’s getting [...]
Good Morning Juneberry Families, I truly hope you are taking great care of yourself. I really enjoyed seeing so many of you last week. I hope you are enjoying your projects. Don't forget to share some pictures of your projects before, during or after the creation of it. I have attached a video about a little Elephant named Liza. She is [...]
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, 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 [...]
Good Morning, Today I have added my reading of On The Farm that we looked at in the small group Zoom on Wednesday. Take this opportunity to discuss many aspects of farm life and extend the learning experience with a small project. You can rehearse how the animals in our story sound. Draw pictures or [...]
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 [...]