PARENT PARTICIPATION featuring John Coombe! Highlighting the end of last year, in today's blog, also brings focus into our new year or second semester of Rainey Room. This said, Happy New Year everyone! We hope the winter break was meaningful in as many ways possible. We are approaching parent participation broadly - think the 100 languages. Meaning there are many ways to show up and share time with the children during their day at school. If you have interest in participating, email us, and we'll take the conversation from there to collaborate with you. Or sign up for an experience that we've already arranged and prepared. Our hope is for it to be a fun and welcoming experience spending some time in the mix of our "Rainey Room family" dynamic! Be on the lookout for a new parent participation / morning meeting schedule / sign up email. Not a painter by profession, John has been giving time and attention to learning the techniques of painting for several years now and was enthusiastic to bring this past time passion into the classroom to share with the children. Knowing that John was interested in sharing his love of painting with the children, we chatted about how we could connect painting to the current shadow work because he had already been spending time painting Monet's "Haystacks" at home. The children were able to learn more about shadows through what John verbally shared and physically demonstrated through painting with a rotational small group of children. Thank you for your knowledge and participation, John, the children loved it! Connecting with your child through their RR environmentHolding Board? What's that? Documentation around the room invites opportunities to engage with your child and connect with them through the classroom environment. The "Holding Board" (below) primarily showcases collections of drawing that the children have created in response to a whole group experiences along with a few other features. (This board does change.) During our morning arrival time we welcome you to look through the clipped work with your child or separately. The Holding Board is above the sign in sheet (thank you all for keeping on top of signing in each morning). The portfolio drawers are also another option for connecting and engaging with your child when here - open them up and have a look! Environmental changes, including new or different materials and rearranging the space and documentation, are other ways through which you can spend time in the morning with your child, or when in the classroom, to read the room and learn about the work and processes. Walk the classroom with your child (and friends): ask them what is happening, what are they learning, what is the documentation about (ask them to read the documentation), what is new, different, or exciting. This is a great way for them recall and articulate what they know and for them to discover, question, and wonder. Documentation left to right: Movement of Sun and Time; An Exploration and Discovery of Light; Book Fair 2023 New materials for small building and construction (in place of light table) and some rearrangement of materials New Projections and similar documentation (subject to change) - revisiting is helpful for bringing out new knowledge.
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