2023-11-17 Meeting notes

2023-11-17 Meeting notes

Date

Nov 17, 2023

Attendees

 

  • @Erin Soward

  •  @Emily Funderburg @Crosson, Ashley @becca @Stephanie @elizabeth @dayne @sarah @maud @Zexi Ma @Adriana Threet 

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Discussion items

Time

Item

Who

Notes

Time

Item

Who

Notes

 

Outdoor Classroom

Everyone

  • Throw away pumpkins

  • Put metal mortar and pestles in the herb hut 

  • Leave wood pellets (refill) with scoops and beakers in sensory

  • Boats instead of cars in the sand

 

Commercial Update 

Everyone

  • Send a reminder in the spring about commercialized clothes and celebrating holidays. Admin can send and teachers can also remind their classes. We should remind them why they should (it influences play, etc.) To include a buy-in, we can talk about children being walking advertisements (add this to the handbook?)

 

Store

Ashley

  • Ashley is going to the store next weekend, let her know if you need anything by 11/24

 

Brain Breaker

Stephanie

  • Think about how your play looked like as a kid and what you remember about it 

  • We realized we don't have adults or parents in our memories. Thinking about that in our environment and how child-led play without interjections is so rich and special. 

 

Classroom as the third teacher 

Stephanie + Everyone

  • Children seeing their work in the classroom

  • Paired down blocks were used for building that were just as rich - can challenge the child not the materials 

  • Leaving out puzzles or materials over days

 

Professional Development

Stephanie 

  • We all get about 5 hours of professional development over the course of the semester 

Action items