Hi Redbud Families, Teacher message: In today's video, I read The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats. As usual, watch out for the many cameos of the children in my house and baby noises. https://youtu.be/NOI9zhJLITE Suggested Activity: One of the many tools we teach in the Redbud classroom is naming our feelings. Being able to name their feelings [...]
Hi families! Here are our videos and activities for today: Sing a song: Today, Teacher Rachel sings the song “It’s You I Like” along with showing pictures of the Magnolia kids from our times together at school. Seeing pictures from school might bring up a spectrum of different emotions, so consider when the best time [...]
Good morning! Here are our (optional, as always) videos and activities for today: Morning meeting: Join Teacher Patricia for morning meeting! She shows the Magnolia kids her rock collection. Read aloud: Teacher Rachel shows kids how she gets up on her roof and then reads “The Invisible String”, a story about how we are all [...]
Hello, Redbud families! You all have been in my mind and my heart. Here's to keeping ourselves and our loved ones together, and continuing to do it as best we know how. Please make sure you are being kind and forgiving to yourself at this time–we're all learning how to make this work as we [...]
Hello Families! Teacher Office Hours: These begin today with Teacher Maddie! Below is the blurb that was in yesterday’s email: Hello parents, in order to better support you we will be opening up "office hours" daily for families to sign up to do an activity with a teacher. Click this link to sign [...]
Hello Families! Today’s Video: Teacher Maddie sings “Wheels on the Bus” and reads What’s Your Sound, Hound the Hound? Today’s Activities: Parts of a House: Since we’ve been spending so much time at home, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to learn more about our houses! Today we are thinking about the doors [...]
Hello Forest Friends Families, First of all, I miss seeing your faces everyday and hope you are all pulling through during this unprecedented time. Second, rocks are an absolute treasure according to almost every preschooler I have ever met. Luckily, they are also quite accessible on a neighborhood walk or in your backyard. Once you [...]
Hi Redbud Families, How's everyone doing out there? I hope you're finding ways to cope with this strange new reality, and maybe even occasional moments of joy. The highlight of my day yesterday was running into a Redbud friend and his dad while I was out riding my bike. It's hard to practice social distancing [...]
Hello Magnolia families! It was wonderful to see so many of you at our Zoom meeting yesterday, we miss you all so much and can’t wait to virtually see all again soon. We appreciate any and all feedback on the meeting, we have lots of thoughts about how to improve it for next time but [...]
We hope you're still holding up well out there. We're missing the Redbuds, while also feeling grateful for our community and the technology that lets us stay connected as we learn to practice responsible social distancing. Teacher Message: https://youtu.be/blPvpPXlttA In today's message I read Baby Beluga, a Redbud favorite. Some ideas for activities to try at home with your [...]