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Community Education Night

January 4, 2016 by Claire Lundy

We would like to invite parents, friends, distant relatives and members of the community to our first community education night on January 8th from 7-8:30pm. This will take place in our classroom, located on our 14 acre property that can be entered at 85th and Siskiyou in NE Portland, first building on the left. Fortunately we are able to offer childcare in the room next door! The topic of the night will be an introduction to Montessori education and how we support children’s development in the classroom. For planning purposes we would like to know how many people and children will be an attendance, so please RSVP to claire@frogsongpreschool.org with how many adults and children!

See you all there!

A Community of Children

December 22, 2015 by Claire Lundy

Our lunch process at Frog Song is quite lengthy. Before we even wash our hands we move all of our tables and chairs together to create a place where we can all eat lunch together! This process has, until recently, been reliant on my direction. The children have loved helping set up for lunch, sometimes choosing to stay in with me to set up rather than go outside, on days where time is running short. However, the Wednesday before winter break something remarkable happened. Six children decided to stay in from outside to set up for lunch, and before I could even start the process they had all cooperatively began to move the tables. I decided to become an observer and document the process…

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And then it was time to wash hands!

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Having lunch together is not only a time that we can come together as a community, but a great opportunity for spontaneous social interactions among the children as they learn how to work together as members of a cooperative community!

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Welcome Megan!

December 22, 2015 by Claire Lundy

At the beginning of December Megan joined us!

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Welcome Megan, we are so happy to have you as a member of our community!

Music

December 22, 2015 by Claire Lundy

I am sure that many parents and family members have heard all about our music teacher, Sophie!

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She comes every Wednesday at 10:30am and every Wednesday, along with other days of the week, children ask, “Is Sophie coming today?!” When she comes through the door there is a very excited commotion as the children cheer, “SOPHIE!” and run to the door to hug her. One of the children’s favorite songs is “Lady Bug,” and below you can see the children using their fingers to make a lady bug creep along their body as they sing, “Lady bug she creeps along and as she creeps she sings her song, la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la!”

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And then Sophie hands out lady bug “wings,” in the form of scarves, and the children wave them around as they sing, “Lady bug she spreads her wings and as she flies her song she sings, la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la!”

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Another activity the children love is called freeze dance, where when Sophie plays her fiddle the children dance and then must freeze when the music stops!

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And sometimes the children play with their wings!

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Thank you so much Sophie for all of the wonderful music you share with us, we look forward to see you in the new year!

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Here's a beautiful video of the Frog Song class taking a nature walk around the Dharma Rain property.

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