Skip to main content

The more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves. -Roald Dahl



News and Reminders: We have preschool graduation coming up next week! August 18th we will be closing early at 4:00 pm, please make sure to arrive no later than 4 pm. Graduation will begin at 5:00 pm. Everyone is invited to join us for graduation. It will take place in the back playground. We have 5 children that will be graduating. This is a very special event for all of us. We would like to celebrate the time that these children have spent at Mountain Village School. The children are working on putting together a few surprises for us all.

We had a productive two days of in-service. Some teachers spent time renewing their First Aid, we had a training from Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, as well as an art training with two children's art teachers.

Since we had such a short week, we will skip the classroom updates. Here are a few photos to hold you over.




















Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

And they're off...

I know Graduation officially happened in June but Friday marked a special day. It was the last day for several of our children that will be heading to kindergarten on Monday. These children have been an important part of the community of Mountain Village School for many years. They have helped to shape and mold our school into what it is today. Their interests, ideas, movements, interactions, conversations, and presence has had a big impact on what we have done with our time, where we have gone, what we have chosen to build and create. I want to thank all of those children for being a part of our school and our community. News and Reminders Mark your calendars: The PCC is planning a playdate with fire safety information for the morning of Saturday, September 15. More details coming soon. Kitchen Update This week the children tried carrot "noodles" which were happily slurped up in all class...
1 comment
Read more

Insect Hotel

A schoolwide project that we've been thinking about for a while is building an insect hotel. Insect hotels provide a hibernation space for insects during the winter as well as nesting space during the summer. They support ecological diversity and also act as indirect exterminators as the insects who take up residence will destroy pests such as mites. As a school, we have always found that children are fascinated by insects of all kinds, so we think this could be a great catalyst for learning. We foresee many conversations about the role insects play in our ecosystem, how they adapt to the changing seasons, connections to books and scientific tools, and our responsibilities as stewards of the environment. An ecologically-beneficial learning opportunity–sounds like an MVS win-win!  (source:  https://www.installitdirect.com/blog/diy-bug-hotels-as-homes-for-beneficial-garden-insects/ ) We plan to build ours in the grassy side yard, using stacked wooden pallets as the main s...
Post a Comment
Read more