An Extraordinary Day

It was an extraordinary day-  we were sitting ever so quietly on the bridge, sun warming our faces, happily listening to Red Winged Blackbirds, and then suddenly we spotted Beaver swimming from it’s lodge. We watched in excitement and waited for Beaver to show its beautiful body again. Alas, we waited and waited, quietly and…Continue reading

Giving Thanks!

Giving thanks to: Our devoted, hard-working and committed parents and staff for their work in the garden yesterday! It felt amazing to have a community come together to support our gardening program. Sorry for the scarce photos ( I missed some people!)- we were too busy digging in the soil! If you couldn’t make it…Continue reading

“An Amiable School”

” Our goal is to build an amiable school, where children, teachers and families feel at home. Such a school requires careful thinking and planning concerning procedures, motivations and interests. It must embody ways of getting along together, of intensifying relationships.”  (Loris Malaguzzi) When we opened Nature School 6 years ago, Kate and I discussed this…Continue reading

Buttercups

Don’t get me wrong- we love all weather, we are an outdoor school after all. We do rain. We do snow. We do hail. We do crazy wind. And we have grown to appreciate and embrace it all. BUT, admittedly, spring feels totally amazing and the coming first of Dandelions and now Buttercups is totally…Continue reading

Top Five

Top Five Things on my Mind since returning from the Break SPRING happened while I was away- garlic is shooting up taller; the call of the chickadees is more prominent; the willow tree is revealing her sweet buds; the soil is warmer; the kale is revitalizing itself. JOY– the joy of watching worms wriggle onto…Continue reading

Snow, in all its glory!

We always welcome snow- the play affordances are plentiful! However, to have SNOW and VALENTINE’S DAY is just too precious! The snow supported our ideas about how to open up a dialogue about what friendship means and invited the question: Can we be friends with the non-human world? What does being friends with Terra Nova…Continue reading