Hello Forest Friend Families, It's Teacher Sarah! It was wonderful to see so many faces last week on our zoom call. Thanks to all who joined! Today, I read a book called The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle. In relation to this book, I am also offering an Animal Sounds game that can help parents [...]
Hello Forest Friends! Teacher Madeleine here :) I was so happy to see some of your faces and chat last Thursday on zoom! Hope to see you again this Thursday at 4pm, this time led by Teachers Alicia, Eliza, and Charlie! Today I have a video of Lulu and I reading "Where the Wild Things [...]
Helloo Forest Families! Teacher Charlie here. Below is the text of "The Velveteen Rabbit," and myself reading the story. My intent was mostly to read a longer story that I liked, so that I could offer the sound of my voice regardless of whether kids want to listen to the narration itself. I know some [...]
Hey Forest Friends Fam, Building off of last week's activity of acting out the story, I decided to do something pretty silly and dress up as a character in a book. I decided to dress up as Pete the Cat and read Pete the Cat! Here's the video Before showing this to your children, I just [...]
Hey Forest Friends Fam, Today I have an activity that Oakster Emilia and I have been playing during the past few weeks. Lately she has been very interested in reenacting parts of the day from school. This form of pretend play has been a great way for me to learn what parts of school Emilia [...]
Hello Forest Friends Families, Reminder we are having our fist ever Forest Friends zoom hangout this Thursday (4/30) at 4:00. Before we left school, the Forest Friends showed lots of interest in the ocean. We had worked together to make some great under the sea collages. Yesterday Teacher Sarah read Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle. I am going [...]
Dear Forest Friends Families, Today's activity is making recycled rainbow crayons- a quick and enjoyable way to make use of excess amounts of crayons for a pop of rainbow fun! This activity can strengthen fine motor development and sorting skills, reinforce the importance of reusing for our environment, and involve color scavenger hunt games! In addition, [...]
Hello Forest Friends! I am so excited to see your faces next week for our first zoom playdate! Mark your calendars for 4pm on Thursday, April 30! We will have a classic Teacher Zach puppet show, read a story and do some movement activities, and share how we're doing and what we've been up to. [...]
Hey Forest Friends Fam! Today I have some videos to share with you all. But before that, I want to tell you all about the first ever Forest Friends Zoom playdate! The playdate will be next Thursday, April 30 at 4:00 p.m. and will be held each Thursday at 4:00 with alternating teachers. Next week [...]
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 [...]