Welcome to a New School Year

Welcome families and friends to another year in Kindergarten.  The first week of school may be short on days but not on opportunities to explore new people, places and activities around Orchard School.  In keeping with the Responsive Classroom philosophy of setting the tone for a year of cooperative learning in the first weeks of school, we spent time in guided discovery of materials, playing together in flexible groups and establishing classroom routines. Take a look... below you can catch a glimpse of many hands on a floor puzzle, relaxing with books at quiet time, careful work with glue and beans, cooperative block building, creating tree collages and playing at the dollhouse.  What a positive start to the year!