Our children, our students, live in a world that has developed all kinds of media and ways to transmit information, disinformation, ideas, and images. They hear the media, adults, other peers talking about events and opinions as they move through their days. Some of these ideas are exciting and innovative, others are darker and disturbing. Read More >>
GLIMPSES OF AFTER SCHOOL; FALL
The first day of the After School Program and the weather is lovely. We ease into the afternoon with tales of summer. Potluck with families at Ryder Park! We have outdoor fun raking leaves, building fairy houses, playing tag and role playing. We build structures and cavort in the woods and on the grass, gather Read More >>
Glimpses of After School; Winter
On an early November day, we stay outdoors later than usual to soak up the gorgeous weather, and enjoy using soccer balls. A few days later, rain and a cold wind keep us indoors for the first time this school year and one child pulls out his guitar while others choose games–Amazing Labyrinth, Jellybean Land–and Read More >>
Glimpses of After School at The New School
APRIL We studied branches cut from a great variety of shrubs and trees, making drawings and labeling them as we thought about how they were different and how they were the same. In the following days we created nests, weaving the beautiful curly willow, red osier dogwood and other slim strands, wondering how the birds Read More >>