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Workshop for grownups
Join us on 5/3 for Play that empowers, changes lives, and can change the world, we’d love to see you there!
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A growing story
The children gather, we light a candle, and the story begins like this: There was a time when a family knew that a new baby was going to be born into the world. That family did all the things that families do when they are getting ready to take care of a new baby. They…
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Where else can a project take us?
To quote a recent conversation with my partner, every thing is interesting in connection to everything else. M says to her friend T, we’re neighbors! Read more
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Snack
We welcome the children’s participation in helping prepare nourishing food for everyone to share and enjoy. Snack generally falls about mid-morning, by 11, or sooner as we encourage everyone to eat when our bodies are hungry. Our snack menu is based on the children’s interest, seasonal availability, and group needs, and includes: -peanut butter on…
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School news
We’re so eager to open our doors and build this community together. The school is beautiful, we’re excited about our teaching partnership, and with maybe just one more winter event… spring feels so close. We are ready to burst forth and grow! We stay hopeful that our start date is May. We feel great about…
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Look, see!
Our first open house took place today, introducing our current in-home childcare families to the new, combined program that will be Tigerlily, the children’s new school, starting in March. So much love has gone into everything we’re building here. It’s wonderful to see children begin to fill the space with life. Not pictured: all the…
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Covid thoughts
Here’s our most recent thinking around covid and our plans for Tigerlily. Marie and Lulu have both been teaching through the pandemic in separate programs and are now working together on the covid safety protocol for Tigerlily as we get closer to open enrollment in early February. From Marie: On the Friday before Christmas I…
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Teacher news
“I joined up with these teachers and started to work with the children, teaching them as we ourselves were learning.” – Loris Malaguzzi, The Hundred Languages of Children This is Marie writing to say (shout!) I am delighted to announce that Lulu Bautista and I will be teaching together at Tigerlily next year. We originally…
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Let’s build our school
I’ve spent covid watching my son grow from babyhood to now getting ready to celebrate his third birthday next week. About four months into quarantine life, a dear teacher friend connected me with another toddler family and so I’ve been using our home to do “baby school” three days a week. For going on seventeen…