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Genre Study: Slice of Life, Part One
Opal 3 recently launched our first genre study of the year. For the past and next weeks, we are focusing our writing studies on what…
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Learning to Read
When my older children were very little, I remember picking up a copy of a thin paperback book written and illustrated by Rosemary Wells. It…
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Beginning Conversation
When the wind comes walking in the near woods, the little leaves of symphorine so whisper little whispers. I thinks they are telling me they…
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Story Workshop
Story Workshop is a structure we have at Opal School that supports language and literacy. We have discovered that the use of materials such as…
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Our Community
The (almost) unfamiliar rains have sprinkled the ground and the leaves are begining to turn. September is most certainly upon us. I can hardly believe we have…
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So many words for happiness
Once, there was an emperor who was struggling with his people. They were so mean to each other! No matter how many rules he tried…
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Taking Risks
I always think of the beginning of the year as a time for imagining, wishing and dreaming about the things we might be able to…
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The first week of school
"Children expect from adults the capacity to offer great joy." Loris Malaguzzi
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Brain Heroes
Welcome to a new school year at Opal School! We are so looking forward to getting started again. This video, from the Child Development…
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