Category: Outdoor Play
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The Butterfly Cycle
The preschoolers have recently learned about the life cycle of butterflies. Check out this info sheet to see what they thought!
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Finders, Keepers, Researchers, Creators.
Finders “If you’ve ever happened upon a forlorn object that seemed to invite a second chance, that refused to be ignored, you’ve been overcome by the urge to scavenge. And if you’ve perceived that thing, not for what it was but for what what it could be, you have known what it is to let…
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Letter from Kat, Infant Teacher
Dear Becca Mack, It is so good to be back at BCS! Words can barely do justice to how good it feels. I am especially excited to be starting back in the baby room it seems fitting, back at the beginning. Learning about, and from, a whole new group of children it makes…
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Microscope Mondays
For three years, Samantha has been cultivating preschoolers’ curiosity about the natural world with her Microscope Mondays curriculum. The process activates children’s awareness of the beauty of natural objects, both in the hand and under the lens. Samantha takes their discoveries one step further by encouraging students to document their own observations graphically. Here’s how…
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Graffiti Tuesdays
Across the span of human history, making marks and signs through scratching or inking surfaces has put individuals into context in their environments. For many young people, their own names are the first words they learn to write. We spent Tuesday afternoons this summer marking surfaces and inscribing names in an exploration of the art…
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Fireflies
In the dark afternoons of Winter Solstice time, we give headlamps and flashlights to the preschoolers to brighten their outdoor play. I documented their movements with an old-fashioned camera trick: analog film, tripod, shutter-release cable, and a combination of long and multiple exposures per frame. I call the series, “Fireflies”.