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! An art activity: Shadow tracing! An activity for indoors or out, it can be created wherever you can find (or create) light and shadow. A sunny windowsill, a patch of sun [...]
Hi families! We hope this email finds you well this Monday morning and that you were able to enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend. Morning meeting: Join Teacher Rachel for Share and Tell! If your child has any reactions or questions about what anyone shared, consider sending an email or letter to them to [...]
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 videos and activities for today: Morning meeting: Join Teacher Patricia and Banjo for morning meeting -- telling a story and singing a song! Silkworm video: Under the microscope! A big thank you to Tasman for this wonderful up-close look at a baby silkworm with commentary! Nature/silkworm journals: [...]
Hi families! Here are our videos and activities for today: Nature/silkworm journals: Writing. There are a few ways to write with your child! Often, we have children sound out the letters of the word, but are not concerned with correct spelling. Kids will learn spelling later in school, right now they’re learning how to hear [...]
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! We hope you were able to find some moments of relaxation this weekend! We want to remind you that we have a document with all of our videos and activities -- remember that you can always revisit activities that you’ve done before and that you certainly do not have to do all the [...]
Hi families! Here are our activities and videos for today: Read aloud: Little Gorilla. Teacher Patricia reads “Little Gorilla” and talks about the ways in which celebrating birthdays is both the same and different from before social distancing. Singalong: Check out this week’s CCS Singalong! (Teacher Rachel sings “Sing” and “Greenberry Tree”, Teacher Octavia sings [...]
Hi families! Here are our videos and activities for today: Literacy activity: Forming letters. Your child can explore the shapes of letters but forming them out of everyday materials. Make an A out of acorns, a B out of bark pieces, a C out of crayons, a D out of dough, an E out of [...]
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 [...]