Category Archives: preschool
Preschool and 3/4 partners
Today the preschoolers met their third and fourth grade partners! Partners is a program that pairs older and younger students, and allows them to spend time together. Younger students treasure the one-on-one guidance of their older mentor, and the older … Continue reading
Posted in intermediate unit, McGuffey, partners, preschool
Monarchs
All of McGuffey’s science classes, as well as the preschool, have been raising monarch butterflies since the start of school. We’ve been observing them as they grow from tiny caterpillars into much bigger caterpillars, and been amazed by how much … Continue reading
Posted in intermediate unit, preschool, primary unit, science, upper unit
Grains of sand and pearls of wisdom
10 things Head of School, Alfred Allen, learned from the students while sitting in the sandbox: Sandboxes have no bottoms. If recess was longer, you could dig all the way to the center of the Earth, which is filled with … Continue reading
First day of school—and preschool!
Welcome back! It’s been a busy summer at McGuffey. We’ve had tremendous help from parents, volunteers, and staff working behind the scenes. Some hunkered down over the strategic planning for the school, while others replaced siding, working on the building … Continue reading
Posted in community, intermediate unit, McGuffey, preschool, primary unit, upper unit
Forms and school supplies
Please don’t forget to fill out your forms, which are due on the first day of school! For your reference, we have placed all the forms on the website for download on our Back-to-School page, which is located in the … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, intermediate unit, preschool, primary unit
Preschool playground!
The rain finally passed and we were able to have Preschool Playground yesterday! It was a day to explore clay of all kinds—Play-Doh, Moon Sand, and air-dry clay. We shaped and squeezed, and pressed all morning! Preschool Playground is a … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, McGuffey, preschool
Ocean day at Preschool Playground
This week at the Preschool Playground program we talked about the ocean. We played with ocean puppets, read ocean books, and played with ocean animals in the water. Each child also got to create their own ocean in a bottle, … Continue reading
