Today we celebrated Zoe’s 6th Birthday with a visit from her Mom, Tony, who shared pictures of Zoe in each of her six years thus far. We sang our birthday song below, and paused to share photos and memories of Zoe.
We move round the circle like the moon, the moon, the moon, and sun
We move [...]
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Day 6: October 9, 2009
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Day 2: September 25, 2009
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Morning Circle
At the end of circle we began our discussion of the Mohawk people who lived (and some of whom continue to live here and the surrounding areas) in the Northeastern area of the United States. We learned the song “
The Earth is Our Mother
” with American Sign Language Signs.
The Earth is our Mother
The [...]
Day 1: September 22, 2009
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Morning Circle: We begin our day with a free play transitional time where friends have options about various games, blocks, imaginary play, and a shelf full of books. After tidy up, we begin our day in our circle with a morning ritual of ringing the singing bowl and feeling its vibration in our [...]
Week 31, Day 62: May 22, 2009
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Today we prepared our songs for the “Peace Travelers Sing Along and Art Exhibit” We will be bringing our passports and taking families and friends on a tour of our world travels through our art projects and songs.
Base 10 continues with our grids and addition—moving down columns to count by 10s and across in counting [...]
Fundraiser Concert and Exibition freaturing
Posted in Administrative, Arts and Crafts, Peace Travelers, Songs on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The Peace Travelers”
Photo Credit Kate O’Shea
from Mountain View Educational Collaborative
Sat May 3oth 6:00pm
“Donations Welcome”
at Elmer’s Store
396 Main Street
Ashfield, MA 01330
The concert will feature Multi Cultural Peace Oriented Songs, ASL, Poems, Puppets and Around-the-World Art Work
Peace Travelers is a twice-weekly home school program that highlights multicultural studies, geography, and social skill development through “travel” around the [...]
Week 28, Day 56: May 1, 2009
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Happy May Day!
Today we began our day with a celebration of Sebastian’s birthday with fresh out-of-the-oven blueberry cobbler. (Thank you, Lauren!) We prepared our Maypole, by digging a hole and installing a 18” 1 and 3/4” pipe for our 10 foot Maypole. Friends chose ribbons for our dance, and we decorated the top of the [...]
Week 9, Day 18: November 14, 2008
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Jayden led our morning circle, and we learned a new song about the glorious colors of Mexico. Although our study has been surface at best, the friends have had had lots of opportunities to look at books and artifacts that encompass the Aztec, Mayan, and Spanish cultures found in Mexico. Bright, splenderous colors are definitely [...]
