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Help the NY Public Library!
During a recent visit to the Hudson Park Library, the Orange Room learned about planned cuts to the ...
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Curriculum is a Funny Word
To a preschooler, curriculum can be a funny word. Maybe even a tongue twister, however to teachers and parents it seems to be a word we all take ...
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Small Group
Each small group consists of four-six children and one teacher. Small groups by their nature encourage
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Happy Spring
Spring is in the air! Upon returning from spring break, The Purple Unicorns revisited many fun activities and embarked on new and exciting ...
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Making Ice Cream with the Blue Room
Where does ice cream come from, and how was it made? Some of the students’ ...
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We Feel Loved!
Thank you for helping us celebrate Valentine’s Day! The children enjoyed filling the bags we decorated with our ...
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Rolling, rolling, rolling: Exploring with balls and ramps
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 ...
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Power, Big Body, and Rough & Tumble Play in the 3s/4s
We wanted to take an opportunity to share a quick recap about power play, big bodied play, and rough and tumble play: ...
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Making A Bear To Share
On Friday, Samson treated the Unicorn class to a story about a girl named Tiana and her bear, Bach. Tiana loved Bach ...
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Engineering and Imagination in Science
Listen to the mustn’ts ...
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Celebrating Artistic Expression
Each day the children participate in Open Time. This portion of the school day provides our “Unicorns” ...
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An Act of Kindness
“No Act of Kindness , No Matter How Small, Is ever Wasted” The Lion and the ...
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The Morning Message
This week we introduced our new morning message, which has become a permanent fixture in our morning routine and in ...
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ART: The CAVE 2023
We traditionally begin the second semester in the art room with the CAVE. It provides the kids with imaginary ...
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New Year, Old Routines
Happy New Year, Green Room Families! This week, as we settled back into classroom life, we took the time to revisit ...
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Our Yellow Room Community Curriculum
This fall, we launched a community-based curricular project to both broaden our understanding of
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Learning about Holidays at Barrow
With the Winter Holiday season already here, we wanted to shed some light on the ways Barrow teachers facilitate ...
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The Language of Hands
How do hands communicate? Think of some words you might use to describe your hands. For my own I think of my work as ...
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Our First Service Learning Project
The Super Powerful Kids have been exploring what it means to NEED something, and what it means to WANT. We kicked off ...
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Interviewers in Training…
As you know, for the past two weeks, we have been sharing your children’s name stories with the class! (Thank ...
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Yellow Room, You’ve Got Mail!
In late November, The Yellow Room got mail… from the Orange ...
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Curriculum Spotlight: Name Stories
Dear Green Room “Robot Dinosaur” ...
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The Science of Movement – Week 2
Kyleigh and I had the pleasure of co-teaching the science of movement for two weeks this fall. In the second week, we ...
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The Science of Movement – Week 1
Kyleigh and I had the pleasure of co-teaching the science of movement for two weeks this fall. In the first week, we ...
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Rules for School
Having officially taken on the name of The Super Lollipops, we turned our attention towards the next step in our ...
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Pajama Drive: Practicing Gratitude and Generosity
‘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 ...
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Social Justice Storytime Recap!
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 ...
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5 Reasons to Love Science…
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, ...
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Growing Good Citizens at Barrow
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 — ...
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A Day in the White Room
As children are settling into the routines of the White Room, they’re making this space their ...
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Green Room Back to School Night Notes
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 ...
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Introducing… The Super Powerful Kids!
You heard that right! The Red Room has chosen their new class name: THE SUPER POWERFUL KIDS! Here’s a little ...
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Why The Symbols?
As you have undoubtedly heard and seen, your children have something a little atypical about how their names are ...
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Art
Each year as the Fall begins, the art room starts to transform from a BLANK CANVAS (113 of them to be exact) into an ...
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The First Weeks
It is hard to believe we are already weeks into the school year. As we make our journey through the separation ...
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What We Learn on a Walk
The West Village is filled with local heritage, cultures, landscapes, opportunities, and experiences that can be used as the foundation for all kinds ...
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Goodbyes, Hellos, and I-Always-Come-Backs
Much of the work we engaged in this week surrounded separation and saying goodbye. This lifelong practice of coming and going, being together and ...
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Spotlight on… Hello Meeting
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 ...
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New Routine Alert: Morning Jobs
Today, we introduced the Orange Room friends to a new routine: Morning Jobs. Each morning upon arriving at school, they are tasked with completing ...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Barrow
Hi folks! I’m Ari, Barrow’s new Diversity, Equity, and ...
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Our First Week of School!
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 ...
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Pre-K Body Outline Fun
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 ...
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ART: 4/5’s Spring ’22 Blacklight Office Party
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. ...
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Neighborhood Explorations
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 ...
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Challenging Gender Stereotypes in the Red Room
Gender stereotypes are everywhere. They pop up through conversations, rolechoices in games, and activity preferences in the classroom. Have you ever ...
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Yellow Room Class Jobs
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 ...
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Letter Making with the Fish Sticks
Let’s take a closer look into our emergent letter writing curriculum in the Purple Room this ...
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West Village Pizza Tour!
The West Village Pizza Tour has commenced! As the weeks of our Cooking Study continued, one thing was clear: pizza was our favorite thing we have ...
