It Starts with a Seed

As teacher-researchers, we feel strongly about nurturing children’s connection to nature through playing, making, and sharing. Stories are one way we play and share with one another, seeking understanding and connection, and further developing empathy.  How might we, through playful inquiry, consider the stories that nature has to tell?  What stories might we uncover within …

Write of Way

The late-season heirloom tomatoes were stunning in their gowns of scarlet red and golden yellow. The last of the summer raspberries rested quietly alongside mounds of squash, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and apples. Autumnal invitations were all around us: in the sweet sips of apple cider, in the texture of a pumpkin chocolate-chip cookie, in the …

Farewell and Anticipation

There are exciting things happening at the Portland Children's Museum and the Opal School this spring. The Museum will begin to break ground on their new exhibit, The Outdoor Adventure!     With help from Meyer Memorial Trust Grant, the Portland Children's Museum will transform 1.3 acres of land into an outdoor exhibit where children and families can play and …

Joy!

It has been a busy and full week in Opal 2 as we have been trying to adjust to the time change, recover from all of the Halloween excitement of last week, and get used to this colder weather that has come our way. We were reminded this afternoon of a quote from the founder of …