Balance
On Monday’s woods walk, the children were hoping to make it all the way out to a pond in the town forest. We spent so much time exploring along the way that we ran out of time to get there. Our first stop was at a tree that had fallen over years ago, leaving it’s […]
Me, Myself, and I
The forest adventures of the Taproot students on Mondays have quickly become a favorite activity. On Monday’s walk in the woods we went looking for signs of spring. We noticed there were lots of birds singing, buds appearing on tree branches, and lots of puddles from the melting snow and ice. The children inspected under […]
Slop
The Seeds and Sunbeams students spent a frosty morning adventuring in the Town Forest with Michelle, Emily, Melissa, and guest teacher Gretchen. Guest teacher Gretchen led us into the woods to find a maple tree, which we identified by looking at the bark and leaves of the trees. She explained how the weather this time […]
Spring
Spring has finally arrived, and it brought us rain, snow, mud, wind, sun, and lots of puddles! Monday was the initial Seeds and Sunbeams adventure with Michelle and Emily Champigny from Taproot for those participating students. They went sliding down the icy trails, learned how to identify maple trees by looking at the bark and […]