Director's Summer 2011 Letter, Emergent Curriculum
Lesley Romanoff, director of the Cooperative School, explores the idea of how emergent curriculum changes from year to year, group to group, for both child and parent.
Four Spaces for Learning
"Rather than getting children ready for school, we need to get school ready for them." a quote from Docia Zavitkovsky, President, NAEYC 1984-1986, Founder of Play Matters, and lifelong supporter of parent cooperative schools.
A Parent Cooperative. Everything I Need.
Signatures tucked away and hidden under freshly painted and repaired baseboards. A carefully engineered rain drainage system buried under 10 tons of specially-selected and shipped sand in the sandpit. Gentle and informed support during difficult times. We leave our marks, we shape and care deeply for the environment, we take care of each other.
Moveable Feast, The Beauty of Loose Parts
Imaginary play and open-ended play materials for indoor or outdoor play, but always defined and led by children.
Telling the Truth
We have all done it. We see the cookie crumbs sprinkled down our child’s shirt or the purloined item held behind their back, and we have to ask the big question: “Tell me the truth: did you . . . ”