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Observing Leaves – Drawing What We See
"Look with all your eyes, look." -Jules Verne We are noticing the beautiful leaves that have recently fallen and landed at our feet…
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Exploring Cardboard, Part 2
The Global Cardboard Challenge was just five days away. On Monday, October 1st, Opal 3 students set off on the arduous task of not only…
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Intentions Update
Here is an update now that we are two months (rather than 3 weeks) into our work with intentions. Since Kerry and I have introduced…
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Establishing a Learning Community
Each September, as we enter a new school year, we come together and wonder how we can transform a classroom of children into a learning…
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Exploring Cardboard, Part 1
In the second week of school the students in Opal 3 were just beginning to explore how they might make hollow blocks for the youngers…
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Sneak Peeks
In the beginning of the school year we work hard to turn a classroom of 20 students and two teachers into a successful learning community. We…
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Authentic Inquiry and real life challenges
“What kind of blocks does each classroom need?” “What is the space like where they will store their blocks?” “How are the pre-schoolers using the…
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The Start of a New Year
Each school year starts out with so much anticipation, anxiety, wonder, excitement and a sense that anything is possible. One of the amazing things about…
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First Days In Early Kindergarten
Our first days in Early K were wonderful and full of explorations, new and old friends and connecting with our surroundings both inside and outside…
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Journey to Celilo Falls
What an eventful and rich day! Today we journeyed as five separate tribes, converging in the Arboretum at our own "Celilo Falls", to eat together,…
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