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Winter Happenings in Beginning Years

February and March have flown by - here are a few photos and snippets of some of our explorations in the Lodge during that time.

We have been exploring with stories through various mediums and materials. Some ways we have explored stories recently are - listening to stories together as a group through read aloud, listening in small groups to a story on cassette, reading books in the cave or other comfy areas, writing/drawing stories and telling them with loose parts/sensory play.



Extension students also LOVE to paint! Various painting materials are available almost every day. Recently, we used fabric paint to carefully plan and paint onesies for one of our BY assistants, and after school painting teacher, Claire. She will be having a baby girl in April.

We have been doing a lot of building! Different worlds, patterns, stories and inventions have emerged from building collaboratively, parallel to another friend or independently.

We made our home base snack recently. We took a poll, and many students wanted cupcakes - so we took a healthful spin and made banana chocolate chip muffins. Other than a few chocolate chips and sprinkles, these muffins were full of whole ingredients.

We have been exploring the garden space in Farris Hall. Sometimes we visit Chelsea, Kati and Meghan (Extension administration staff) in their offices that overlook the garden. Extension will be working with Upper School and Lower School students in the week before spring break to revive the existing beds, and create new ones. 




Warmly,
Meredith

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