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During a recent visit to the Hudson Park Library, the Orange Room learned about planned cuts to the ...
Thank you for helping us celebrate Valentine’s Day! The children enjoyed filling the bags we decorated with our ...
Although I was a biologist in a former life, there’s nothing I enjoy exploring more with children than the physical world. I have always been ...
We wanted to take an opportunity to share a quick recap about power play, big bodied play, and rough and tumble play: ...
On Friday, Samson treated the Unicorn class to a story about a girl named Tiana and her bear, Bach. Tiana loved Bach ...
Each day the children participate in Open Time. This portion of the school day provides our “Unicorns” ...
“No Act of Kindness , No Matter How Small, Is ever Wasted” The Lion and the ...
This week we introduced our new morning message, which has become a permanent fixture in our morning routine and in ...
We traditionally begin the second semester in the art room with the CAVE. It provides the kids with imaginary ...
Happy New Year, Green Room Families! This week, as we settled back into classroom life, we took the time to revisit ...
This fall, we launched a community-based curricular project to both broaden our understanding of
With the Winter Holiday season already here, we wanted to shed some light on the ways Barrow teachers facilitate ...
How do hands communicate? Think of some words you might use to describe your hands. For my own I think of my work as ...
The Super Powerful Kids have been exploring what it means to NEED something, and what it means to WANT. We kicked off ...
As you know, for the past two weeks, we have been sharing your children’s name stories with the class! (Thank ...
In late November, The Yellow Room got mail… from the Orange ...
Kyleigh and I had the pleasure of co-teaching the science of movement for two weeks this fall. In the second week, we ...
Kyleigh and I had the pleasure of co-teaching the science of movement for two weeks this fall. In the first week, we ...
Having officially taken on the name of The Super Lollipops, we turned our attention towards the next step in our ...
‘Tis the season for gratitude and giving! At Barrow, the Pajama Drive is a fun and accessible way for the whole family to participate in an act of ...
For those who weren’t able to join us last week for our first Social Justice Storytime of the year, don’t worry! Here is a recap of some ...
It has been such a busy start to the year. Science with the 4/5s has been an ongoing adventure: the children have actively used their imagination, ...
For the past several weeks, many classrooms at Barrow have begun to engage in a yearly tradition that is near and dear to our community — ...
As children are settling into the routines of the White Room, they’re making this space their ...
Children have come into this year already knowing a lot about school. They are familiar with the school spaces, they have a basic understanding of ...
You heard that right! The Red Room has chosen their new class name: THE SUPER POWERFUL KIDS! Here’s a little ...
As you have undoubtedly heard and seen, your children have something a little atypical about how their names are ...
Each year as the Fall begins, the art room starts to transform from a BLANK CANVAS (113 of them to be exact) into an ...
It is hard to believe we are already weeks into the school year. As we make our journey through the separation ...
The West Village is filled with local heritage, cultures, landscapes, opportunities, and experiences that can be used as the foundation for all kinds ...
Much of the work we engaged in this week surrounded separation and saying goodbye. This lifelong practice of coming and going, being together and ...
A central party of each and every day is Hello Meeting. It is a key component in our Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum and is essential to ...
Today, we introduced the Orange Room friends to a new routine: Morning Jobs. Each morning upon arriving at school, they are tasked with completing ...
Hi folks! I’m Ari, Barrow’s new Diversity, Equity, and ...
It has been an exciting first week of school in the Yellow Room! These first connections are the origin from which a year’s worth of rich ...
During a series of joint movement/science classes in the winter, the PreK students worked together to outline their bodies as one step in learning ...
Highlighters and blacklight: two things that kids will get more familiar with as the go on in school, one probably being more fun than the other. ...
As part of a photography exploration, the Silver Room friends have been going on walking trips over the past few weeks to explore and document the ...
Gender stereotypes are everywhere. They pop up through conversations, rolechoices in games, and activity preferences in the classroom. Have you ever ...
Recently, your children may have come home talking about their “jobs” at school. For the first half of the year, Nicki and I worked to set clear ...