You’re invited to come to our art studio to begin work on your family image connection. We’ve posted pictures of the Princesses and Rangers outside the Princess and Ranger Room. Next to these photos we’ll place your family image connection. We’re asking you to create an art project that shows how you, your child, and … Continue reading
We’ve been preparing for our first visit with our OASIS friends. The children have had many conversations about how to make visitors to our class feel welcome. Here are a few of some of their ideas: hugs and kisses songs gifts There were many other ideas, but the children kept coming back to the above … Continue reading
Materials are important in the Princess and Ranger room. You’ll hear a lot about materials during the school year. How we treat the materials is equally important. The children have heard the adults in the room speak about respecting the materials. We encourage the children to explore the materials. These materials become languages for the … Continue reading
I was some proud teacher this week when the Princesses and Rangers displayed this banner to our school family! Along with the presentation of their banner, they recited their class pledge: We are the Princesses and Rangers. We pledge to find clues to solve problems. Continue reading
On Friday we heard a student exclaim, “We have a butterfly!” We’ve added to our class family. Of course this new addition will only stay for a short time before we’ll go out to the garden to release this amazingly beautiful Monarch butterfly to begin its journey to Mexico. The children were able to … Continue reading
This week we celebrated our first birthday of the school year. Leading up to this very important day, the children: picked a birthday committee conducted birthday interviews planned a gift made a gift wrapped a gift made a birthday presentation On Friday afternoon we … Continue reading
Each week we set our more materials for the children to use in their exploration. We placed some rulers in the natural materials area of our room. We were interested in how the children might use these. Some of the ways that the children used them were mixing sticks and building materials. In the photo … Continue reading
In the Princess and Ranger Room we place high priority on using materials as languages – ways that children can express themselves. It’s important that the children: be introduced to the materials explore using the materials respect the materials understand that these are always available to them in telling their stories Last week we … Continue reading
Last week we added new members to the Princess and Ranger room – caterpillars. Amazing to watch this miracle of nature happen right before our eyes. We’re so lucky to have Ms. Hill, one of our science teachers, to guide us in this process. The children are making daily observations in exploring the transformation of … Continue reading
We’re so lucky to be able to live in an amazing space at Mann. The Princess and Ranger room is very much like a magnet in that it attracts light. One morning this week we noticed that even our Hermit Crabs got to enjoy this unique rainbow light. It’s a great provocation for all … Continue reading
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