Hi families! Here are our activities and videos for today: NEWS: Starting next week (i.e. this coming Sunday), we will be sending you the activities for the week in one email/document on the Sunday evening before the start of the week. In our family surveys, many families said they would like more time to [...]
Hi families! Here are our videos and activities for today: Morning meeting: Join Teacher Patricia for morning meeting! She sings a counting song “Alligator On The Elevator” and connects the song to written numerals. Activity: Building and counting along with Teacher Patricia’s song. Grab some blocks, legos, or anything else stackable and challenge [...]
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 [...]
Hi families! Here are our videos and activities for today: Singing: Join Teacher Patricia for some singing today! She tells a little story and sings some songs about the sun -- can you think of any more songs about the sun? Silkworm math: Measuring. If you measured your silkworms before, try measuring them [...]
Hi families! Here are our activities and videos for today: Singing: This week we are not having a full singalong (Jarrod will be back next week!), but we do have a video of Teacher Rachel singing “I’m Taking Care of You” (from Mr. Rogers) to remind kids that even though we are not together, [...]
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 [...]
Hi families! It's already May -- how the time flies (and also very much doesn't fly) these days. Sending you happy spring thoughts for the thunderstorms and sunshine that are coming up this weekend. Here are our activities and videos for today: Singalong: Come and celebrate the CCS Spring Jubilee! (Teacher Naima reads “The Wind’s [...]
Hi families! Here are our activities and links for today: Zoom morning meeting: Join us for our whole-group Zoom meeting from 11:00-11:30am today! Silkworm video: Teacher Rachel talks about finding that her hatched silkworms, about why silkworms hatch at different times, about silkworms not hatching and what will happen if they don’t (spoiler: we’ll bring [...]
Hi families! Here are our videos and activities for today: Morning meeting: Join Teacher Patricia for morning meeting -- she reads "Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes" and talks about how some things change and some things stay the same. Silkworm information video: Teacher Rachel answers questions and talks about the silkworm [...]