New and Good is a tradition at The New School. It was started in the 1970’s by Bob Newman, when he was the director of the Syracuse Institute for Enabling Education (the precursor) to The New School. It has worked effectively during all these years to merge affective education, pre-reading and early reading education. New Read More >>
Chicken Science
The Kindergarten and First Grade science class has recently been learning about chickens. Students have explored the life cycle of the chicken, looked at and ordered the 21 days it takes to hatch a chicken egg, and named the parts of a chicken egg. We’ve also read great books on chickens and had discussions on Read More >>
Money
1st graders were given a magnifying glass and asked to compare and contrast dimes, nickels, pennies and quarters. They played games such as “Race to a Quarter” and “The Matching Game” which gave them practice trading coins (5 pennies for 1 nickel, 2 nickels for 1 dime and so on.) In Matching Game they became Read More >>
Cutting Book
The youngest students have been working on a cutting book during journalling time once or twice a week. This activity has focused on cutting out pictures from magazines and pasting them with the correct initial sound in the alphabet. Students then have to write neatly what the picture is, cut that name out of the Read More >>
Rooster Play
In early December the youngest children performed a play based on the Ancient Chinese story of how the rooster lost his horns. Ladies and Gentleman. We are glad you are here to watch our play. The play was a collaborative effort, with each child adding details until we told the story. The children spent weeks Read More >>
Barnes and Noble 2010
Haleigh Originally uploaded by New School-Syracuse Children were invited to attend our Barnes and Noble poetry night. There was a great turn out of families. After the children took turns sharing their favorite poems they had opportunities to enjoy face painting and puppet making.
Block Centers
Every day kindergartners and first graders enjoy opportunities for creative play. In small groups of three or four, as they play with blocks, cars, geotracks and marble runs, they learn how to collaborate, share ideas, and negotiate with each other. The children have also collaboratively designed a landscape of popcorn kernels, rocks, and twigs, explored seashells and Read More >>
Cats and Dogs
The youngest students have been exploring different ways to make 12. In class we’ve had discussions and demonstrations of how if we had 12 cats and dogs, that could be represented with pictures and numbers. Each student was challenged to find all the ways to make 12 with cats and dogs and then explain how Read More >>