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 [...]
Hello families! News: Just a reminder that Teachers zoom call days are the same each week: Teacher Maddie on Tuesday, Teacher Katelyn on Wednesday, and Teacher Alex on Thursday. Video of the day: Teacher Katelyn Looks at patterns Activity: Spring is here! During outside time with your child, whether you go on walks together or [...]
Hello families! News: Child Psychologist Dr. Stephen Glazier will be leading a webinar tonight, May 4th at 8pm, and will include a talk for 45 minutes before Dr. Glazier opens up for questions. If you cannot attend, the webinar will also be taped. You can email Naima if you are interested in attending, and send [...]
Hello families! News: Child Psychologist Dr. Stephen Glazier will be leading a webinar on practical parenting during COVID on Monday, May 4th at 8pm, and will include a talk for 45 minutes before Dr. Glazier opens up for questions. If you cannot attend, the webinar will also be taped. You can email Naima if you [...]
Hi families! News: Just a reminder that ALL zoom calls are now on the oak teachers personal meeting id, which is in a google doc under the signature of every email. Video for today: Mindful wake-up with Teacher Katelyn Activity: If you froze toys in water yesterday, you can take them outside for some rainy [...]
Hi families! News: Yesterday we had our Monday noon zoom call! While we said before to pick one, it seems like it will work for friends to come to one or both of the weekly calls. Video for today: Teacher Alex reads Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: https://youtu.be/Wiyw7pLTzao Activity: It’s a sunny day out today! Build [...]
Making playdough: If you have access to the ingredients, you can make playdough with your child at home. Here are a couple of playdough recipes: (Without cream of tartar): 1 cup of flour 1/4 cup of salt 3/4 cup of water 3 tablespoons of lemon juice 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil Food coloring Any seasonings [...]
Hi families! News: Today Teacher Katelyn will be having office hours. Video of the day: Teacher Alex reads A Sick Day for Amos McGee: https://youtu.be/B5sEzQ2pbFk Resource: Did you know that CCS has a blog? You can access all of our Oak emails and activities at this link: http://www.childrenscommunityschool.org/category/oak-classroom/
Hello families! News: As we mentioned yesterday, next week we’ll start to hold a Zoom meeting on Mondays at noon in addition to our usual meeting at noon on Fridays. We ask that you choose one of these days to join in a whole-class time, to help us manage group sizes and accommodate the scheduling [...]
News: Happy birthday Maddie! Starting next week we will be adding a Zoom group call at noon on Monday! This is to help with group size and scheduling, please choose one that works best for you: Monday at noon or Friday at noon! Video of the day: Teacher Maddie sings “Roots Go Down” and leads [...]