Arachnids, insects, true bugs… oh my! Cheryl and the Bug Chicks, Jess and Kristie, really opened our world to the miniatures that crawl on our floors, hang in webs, are birthed from egg sacks, and fly… metamorphosis and life cycles amaze us! We love the tickly sensations of the critters […]

Blurry, whirling images.  They somehow capture a spirit that shines in the children as they dress up, create new dances with each other, and use music and movement to celebrate the important passages of the school.  Friendship, trust, joy…  Abby and Johnson swirled in a new free-dance spin in the […]

We love having our own space! Our garden needed to be tucked in for the winter sleep. Our play-space required raking. While we were serious about the cleanup. Our playful natures pulled us into raking games and piles of leaves! Giggle fits and song! “Pinnate,” “palmate,” “parallel” vein structures, “smooth,” […]

Animal Behavior… Introducing Elephants Cheryl, our resident animal behavioral scientist, was back. This time we “became” elephants and tried to solve problems that have been designed to see how clever elephants are!  We used data to decipher the rule to a game… and found out that we did it well […]

On Thursday, Bluebell’s light was first spotted, flickering along the wall near the ceiling.  Blue, tinged with violet?  Or was it tipped in a soft shimmery turquoise? The first Thursday of our school’s existence proved to be a magical one as inquiry and imagination unfolded and became the bedrock of […]

We were visited by Rachel and Jim. Rachel is the artist who created the fairy house that inspired us earlier in the year. Their attention to our thinking, craftsmanship, and design ideas, and their enthusiasm for our writing and drawing, was uplifting! They stayed to talk with us–and delivered a […]