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No Strings Attached — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
String is something that adults attach to boats. And why? We have to be honest with ourselves here — is it because we think the string secures us ? Protects us from losing something too precious to let go of? Not just the thing, but the little hand holding it? Is the string a tether that keeps ch
Community Outdoor School — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
Outdoor schools and nature schools — those perceptions are also shaped by stakeholders, advocates, the media, books, and organizations to be quite specific. Look up nature schools and you will see children following trails, in meadows, under a tree canopy, walking in streams in public or private lan
Storyboarding — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
I am interested in play patterns and in story. I am especially interested in helping ALL children access play with peers. This year, I added storyboarding to our practice. This increased interest in mark-making while it also expanded children’s connections to peers.
Waiting For The Sun — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
Yes, yes, emergent learning took us to the bridge to learn about its great height, its arches, and where it can be found in relation to where we are. We found all that, but let me tell you about the moment that will stay with these children.
Maybe They Forgot Their Bag — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
Listen and learn. “Maybe they forgot their bag,” a child observes in answer to finding yet another pile of dog poop on the lawn where we are playing. This willingness to see a global kindness in others is something often gets lost as we grow older. So now we just bring bags with us to help where we
Coffee and sharing — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
Welcome to one of our Saturday morning coffees. Attendees asked for a follow-up and I thought it would be nice to share the follow-up through this blog for them and then if you didn’t get to attend (because of course you are always invited) you can get an idea about what to expect. You can find the
On Bad Moms — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
It happens too many days a week to count; a mother, having just brushed aside a loose piece of their child's hair, weighted down by discarded backpacks, holding animal leashes or items for dinner or tiny colorful rainboots will smile and confide "I'm a bad mom".
Sugar Sand — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
Hands too small to even begin to hold a pencil or pen, delicately pinch tiny bits of sand, measured in grains. Fingers of one hand seek out bits of tiny colored gravel and pebbles, picking these up just so, to collect as treasures in the palm of the other. Sitting at a table and holding pencil will
Grandmother Magic — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
As many early childhood programs across Maryland moved outdoors and our own program moved fully outdoors, we all soon discovered that there actually is such thing as bad weather. The answer, of course, is planning and figuring out how we begin our day in response to ANY kind of weather. In this case
Grandmother Snake — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
I know the power of story, coming and going. The following week, he told me that whenever he is worried he just picks up a worry stone and it takes care of itself. He told me this with the knowledge and skill that this was his very own story. I didn’t tell it, he did.
There Will Be A Map — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
The year winds down. Only a few weeks, a handful of days, left. I’m specifically not counting , but this year’s Tracks class is keeping count in a way that others haven’t. “Is this the last day I play the rhythm,” one asks. I force myself to think. Ada answers, though. She seems better equipped to t
Community Outdoor School — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
Outdoor schools and nature schools — those perceptions are also shaped by stakeholders, advocates, the media, books, and organizations to be quite specific. Look up nature schools and you will see children following trails, in meadows, under a tree canopy, walking in streams in public or private lan
Maybe They Forgot Their Bag — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
Listen and learn. “Maybe they forgot their bag,” a child observes in answer to finding yet another pile of dog poop on the lawn where we are playing. This willingness to see a global kindness in others is something often gets lost as we grow older. So now we just bring bags with us to help where we
Grandmother Magic — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
As many early childhood programs across Maryland moved outdoors and our own program moved fully outdoors, we all soon discovered that there actually is such thing as bad weather. The answer, of course, is planning and figuring out how we begin our day in response to ANY kind of weather. In this case, we have something we call “grandmother magic” in crochet blankets and Teresa, our Seeds class teacher, a good bit of Tia magic.
Coffee and sharing — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
Welcome to one of our Saturday morning coffees. Attendees asked for a follow-up and I thought it would be nice to share the follow-up through this blog for them and then if you didn’t get to attend (because of course you are always invited) you can get an idea about what to expect. You can find the whole schedule <here> which includes a link to register.
On Bad Moms — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
It happens too many days a week to count; a mother, having just brushed aside a loose piece of their child's hair, weighted down by discarded backpacks, holding animal leashes or items for dinner or tiny colorful rainboots will smile and confide "I'm a bad mom".
Travel Light...City & Forest — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
We travel light to city and forest, but we aren’t really traveling light, are we? We bring our own play histories with us and we share these with the children. We help them find ingredients for potions, sticks for fairy houses, leaves for letters and packages. We gift them with story and imagination.
Summer Report — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
Remember summer days? Remember when there was nothing to do and also not enough time to finish doing nothing? Read books, watch leaves float down a stream, throw rocks, collect rocks, build houses and stores, or just sit and talk? So much nothing to do each day.
Let's Talk About Art — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
Some of the children will grow up to be artists. And all of them, every single one, will know how to solve a problem, how to climb out on a limb, how to take a risk with expressing ideas in a visual medium to connect with other humans whether they are the artist expressing it or they are the viewer enjoying it.
Storytelling, The Forever Story — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
The class journal, “The Forever Story” is amazing from the first page to the last. It’s so interesting to read how the children embraced this method of collective story telling and offered their own, unique and lovely additions to a story that goes on forever.
Waiting For The Sun — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School
Yes, yes, emergent learning took us to the bridge to learn about its great height, its arches, and where it can be found in relation to where we are. We found all that, but let me tell you about the moment that will stay with these children.