Teaching Reading with a Strong Image of the Child
Every time I open her fabulous blog, I get excited about our upcoming workshop with Vicki Vinton. The idea that we’ll spend a significant block…
Tag: literacy
Living wide awake
Tuesday night, I went to a discussion about adolescents and screen-time. The facilitator framed the issue as a battle between the desire to live a…
True Art
When I am doing real art, me, myself is not in the room. A piece of me is and what piece that is differs dependent…
Supporting each other to make faux leather historical journals
What happens when the children become the experts and they support each other in the creation of a special aritifact? And 28 children can work…
Workshop Follow-Up: Reading the World
Opal School teachers and children share their work with the world through professional development workshops. The effort involved in this is significant – but…
Workshop Follow-Up: Reading the World
Opal School teachers and children share their work with the world through professional development workshops. The effort involved in this is significant – but it’s…
Making Sense of Transitions in US History
Transitioning from reenacting King Philip’s War to understanding the colonial period in US History or How does a deep dive into a time, place and…
Interdependencies
As children journey through Opal 1 and Opal 2, they spend a lot of time considering with their teachers and their peers the ways in…
Story Workshop – beginning in Beginning School
In the recent weeks we have begun having Story Workshop in Preschool. Story Workshop is a structure we continue to develp at Opal School that…
Our Trip to the Farmer’s Market
In preschool we try to offer as many experiences as possible for our whole group to come together to share and listen to each other’s…