A Beginning, Middle and End: The Cycle of Activity
As the school year progresses, you’ll see the simpler, familiar activities on the classroom shelves replaced with beautiful, carefully crafted equipment. When children first arrive to school, we want them to see activities that are welcoming and comfortable: blocks, puzzles, coloring activities and simple games. While these more common options are available to the children, the teachers can focus classroom lessons on the classroom norms that allow children to take responsibil