Opal School Blog
What is a story?
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." ~Albert Einstein At Opal School we hope to nurture citizens who are…
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A Mysterious Delivery
In our previous post (Learning to Nurture), we expressed that we are paying attention to the caring and nurturing ways we observe within this new…
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Meet Mr. Imagine
Your attention, please! I daresay I have found Mr. Imagine himself. Truthfully, though… I think the point … that the following video makes abundantly clear……
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Looking for helpers
My fifteen year-old daughter found me reading an article about what happened in Connecticut. I knew her school had chosen to talk about it. But…
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“It’s a Soup For Everyone!”
As the weather turns colder, our bellies and hearts remind us that we’ve got to work together to stay warm and loved inside and out! …
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In a Beautiful Place
In a beautiful place such as “Colorland” teachers have noticed, for many years now, that children’s imaginations take an especially lofty flight. At Opal School,…
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Science Talk – Decomposing Pumpkins
Halloween came and went, as it always does, and with it so did the lovely pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns that help define and symbolize this exciting…
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Playful Literacy
At Opal School, we have spent years asking ourselves– What is the relationship between play and language? In Reggio Emilia a decade ago I heard…
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Continued explorations and discoveries in writing
Last week, the students celebrated and completed the writing that emerged from the year’s first genre study (previously discussed here and here and related to the outing at Camp…
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Continued explorations and discoveries in writing
Last week, the students celebrated and completed the writing that emerged from the year's first genre study (previously discussed here and here and related to the…
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