Susan Harris MacKay
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Materials and Dialogue
Post written by Carole Burton, Visual Arts Specialist: At Opal School the use of art materials is at the heart of our pedagogy. Working with…
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Expecting the magical
This post was written by teacher, Avery Hill, and is a window into our Opal 3 classroom, serving children ages 8 – 10 years :…
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How can the tree not know?
The following post is from our Early Kindergarten, serving children ages 4 – 6 years: I have always had tempera paints in my classroom from…
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Discovering Heritage
Your children are not your children They are the sons and daughters of life longing for itself and though they are with you they belong…
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The We That I Am
The final goal and expecation that we have for Opal School students is this: Develop strategies that contribute to the quality of the community by…
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Nature Play
In the Fall 2011 issue of The American Journal of Play, there is an interview with Richard Louv (author of Last Child in the Woods)…
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Accuracy, Elegant Design and Efficiency
Here is another goal for Opal Students: Develop an appreciation of and capacity for accuracy, elegant design and efficiency. This is the stuff that makes…
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The Languages of the Arts and Sciences
The child is made of one hundred. The child hasa hundred languagesa hundred handsa hundred thoughtsa hundred ways of thinkingof playing, of speaking. A hundred.…
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The World of Words
Opal School's goals and expectations for developing readers and writers are stated: Reads the world: explores, ideas and relationships; makes connections between new and known…
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Collaboration
Our next newly revised goal for Opal School students is this: Collaborate with others to construct ideas and create new knowledge. It looks like this:…
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