Teaching and Learning
Coming soon to Office Depot
At this week’s Opal School staff meeting, we continued our research into invention education (see earlier posts here and here). We decided to start considering the…
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Casting a line toward invention
As Susan wrote in her recent post, Opal School staff gathered Wednesday to discuss their observations of times when children were being inventive. I was…
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Looking for Invention
With generous funding from The Lemelson Foundation, Opal School is embarking on an exciting journey this fall to research Invention Education alongside our friends and…
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Writing curriculum
A new post at Cadwell Collaborative responds to a familiar request: Will you write the curriculum for a new Reggio-inspired school? The post thoughtfully responds…
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Engaging Families as Partners
This past week, we welcomed families to Opal School for its 17th year. And, as is true so often, we also welcomed change. For new…
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Focusing Our Intentions for a New Year
It’s a time of reconnection at Opal School. A little more than two weeks ago, Opal School staff reconvened. Last week, students returned. Tonight, we…
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Setting Expectations
As I stepped into the first Day of school in our Cottonwood classroom (children ages 5-7 years), Lauren was just introducing a surprising material to…
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Coming together anew
To be open to others means to have the courage to come into the room and say, “I hope to be different when I leave.”…
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What school should be like
Fourth-graders gave these cookies to the graduates “to remind you to always find a third door and to not ignore that there are third doors…
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Everyone plays a role
The fourth- and fifth-graders in Opal 4 have been stretching out, finding ways that their gifts can address the world’s needs. Many of their stories…
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