Hello families! News: Jarrod has filmed a sing along! Check it out here: you can send your requests for next time, there will be another in two weeks! Patterns Week 2: Focus for the week: Offering children tactile experiences where they experience differing attributes, while teachers narrate the experience (offering children a chance to hold [...]
Hello families! News: A reminder to mail your child’s flower art in to CCS if you would like! Stephanie will create a collage that families will be able to see whenever we reopen. Patterns Week 1: Using descriptive language with children, exposing them to words describing size, shape, color, weight, texture, flavor, etc. Skill we [...]
Hello families! News: Thank you so much for all of your Teacher Appreciation Week gifts and drawings! We appreciate you all. Patterns Week 1: Focuses for the week (we will post these with the daily email to give some context for our activities) : Using descriptive language with children, exposing them to words describing size, [...]
Hello families! News: See you on our whole class Zoom call Our videos will shift towards an interactive version of the activities we describe in the email: On Monday’s and Friday’s, we will demonstrate a pattern activity on the zoom call. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, we will send a video demonstrating a pattern activity. [...]
Hello families! Video of the day: Teacher Katelyn sings “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” Activity: One fun and simple way you can think about change over time and sequencing with your child is by exploring how they are growing all the time! You can sit together and look at baby pictures of your kiddo, and talk [...]
Hello families! News: Magnolia teachers have offered to extend their silkworm project to families across CCS! You can learn more about what the project entails in this Silkworm Guide. If your family is interested in raising silkworms at home, please contact magnoliateachers@childrenscommunityschool.org Video of the day: Teacher Maddie sings and plays This Little Light of [...]
It’s been so good to hear from so many of you over the past few days letting me know how you’re doing and what is and is not working for you in your homes. Thanks for reaching out with your stories, thoughts and questions- it reminds me how fortunate I am to be part [...]
Thank you once again for the communication and letting us know what’s been helpful to your family. It sounds like videos with teachers have been well-received by Oaksters, so we’ll be continuing to send those out as often as we can. If you have any trouble with audio in the videos, do not hesitate to [...]