Exploring Math with Engaging Materials
Children are naturally drawn to explore beautiful materials. When presented with such treasures, they carefully lay the items out with amazing organization. With focus and determination their eyes look for…
Exploring Glass as an Art Material
Glass is a wonderful material and a joy to create with. As the 2017 school year begins Teacher Lucy and Teacher Vivian look forward to sharing this wonderful material with…
Ticket to Play – A Story from Sunshine Kids
It started with a tap, tap, then “Come see, you have to come!” Sevi led me to the large block area where he and a handful of classmates had turned…
Rosabelle’s Courage – A Story from Sunshine Kids
Sunshine Kids, 3-5’s class, had a very special circle time this week… This time last year, as a parent member of the school council, I was sad to hear of…
Culinary Knowledge – Exploring Cooking in K-2
Creating a meal together, is a shared experience, both social and cultural in nature. Children find a special meaning in the preparing of food; the smells, the textures, the colors.…
A New Material – Sand Dough
A new material came to class today - Sand Dough! Super easy to make and fun to explore. The Teddy bears used powdered tempera paint to create concrete like constructions,…