by mckenzie | Dec 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Bears have been woven in to our curriculum throughout December. These creatures capture students’ imagination and lend themselves to a variety of stories and games. We are also lucky in that we share the greater forest around McCall with bears and that learning...
by mckenzie | Dec 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
Roots students spend much of their day sorting and comparing. They sort blocks in the building site, found objects in the forest, and parts of their trail mix at snack. They are comparing when they choose a metal shovel over a plastic shovel and when they count how...
by mckenzie | Dec 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
As part of our place-based mission our students learn not only about our local environment, but also our local community. This week our Aspen class took a field trip to the McCall Rehab and Care Center to interact with a population in our community that is often...
by mckenzie | Nov 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
In the Douglas Firs class, enthusiasm abounded as a wooden sled was discovered underneath the tent deck. An organic math and physics lesson evolved as the children took turns pushing, pulling, and riding in the sled. What happens when two children want...
by mckenzie | Nov 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Our Ponderosa Pine and Aspen classes have adopted a local 3rd grade class as their ‘big kid’ buddies. Our buddies came to visit us in Ponderosa State Park when they kicked off a science and literacy unit on non-fiction text, human and animal interactions,...
by mckenzie | Nov 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
We have been fortunate enough to be on the receiving end of many wonderful donations this fall! Our students have enjoyed exploring, building, and learning with our new materials. These amazing branch blocks were donated to us by a local farmer in Meadows, Idaho. They...
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