Inspiring Life-long Learning for 25 Years
(click to view larger) May Faire 2009 - Onlookers watch as the 4th & 5th grade students weave an intricate pattern with ribbons of the May Pole as they dance to music performed by the older students. This was just…
Play is like a reservoir full of water. The deeper the reservoir, the more can be stored in it, and used during times of drought. Tina Bruce, professor, London Metropolitan University
Everyone who's anyone at Water's Edge School knows that Saturday, May 16th from 2-6pm is May Faire, but do all your friends and family know too? See yesterday's post for the terrific poster with all the details! Members of WES…
(click on image to view larger) Rumor has it that these will be available in poster and flyer version by tomorrow morning! Please pick up some to share with local businesses, libraries, etc. You may also contact Amy Howard (am*@ra********.com)…
Thank you to Claudia for finding this week's link to a NY Times article about homework cramming at Kindergarten. It mentions a study of New York and Los Angeles kindergartens spending 2-3 hours per day on math/reading instruction and testing.…
Be sure to mark your calendars for May Faire on Saturday, May 16th! The event runs from 2pm to 6pm and is open to the public, so be sure to bring your friends and family. Tickets will be sold at the door…
Dear Sunflower Garden Families, I've concluded the telling of Three Billy Goats Gruff. We enjoyed telling it sitting in a circle on the floor and moving the goats around our circle until each reached the hillside. We also told it…
The garlic we planted way back in early autumn broke through the ground a number of weeks ago and the shoots now stand tall and mighty like a husky Norse cousin of the spring onion. Each time I walk past…
'These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own voice... by taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice…
