That’s the reaction I got recently from a new student on his first day of school. My reaction:  “But look, we are!”    Why, might you ask, did we paint with marshmallows?   Why not?  We have a hot chocolate shop, they used pom-poms for marshmall0ws, and I certainly didn’t want to give…

On Saturday, May 4th from 1:00 to 3:00 we’ll be celebrating our 60th Anniversary!  Looking through the archives, I saw how while some things are radically different over 60 years, some are the same.  Board members were noted as, for example, “Mrs. John Smith.” There were questions on the parent and teacher applications such as…

February started with our map exploration.  First, a map of our school yard with photos. Where are the swings?  The gazebo? Where is the sidewalk?   A symbolic map of our classroom.  The colors closely represent the object  (the yellow desk, the red piano, the large blue rug.) Here, some wooden children are sitting on…