Pedagogy of Play

Each year the staff at Opal School thinks both together and individually about the pedagogical questions that will guide our research throughout the school year. As Matt wrote about here one of the questions we are exploring and researching together as a staff this year is prompting us to dive deeper into our definitions and understanding …

A Study of Bugs

In second and third grade this year, the “big idea” we are studying is the concept of interdependence. This idea of each living thing having its place in a system that relies on it and that it relies on can be studied through almost anything.  We have begun to study it through the world of insects.  …