This story was first published in the Addison Independent on July 2, 2020. In early May, the Henry Sheldon Museum invited people to share their personal stories, pictures, and video clips of how they are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Students from Brandon answered the call. Neshobe Elementary School art teacher John Brodowski provided the […]
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The Mount Abraham Union School District has been interviewing its students, teachers and administrators during the pandemic shutdown, asking them to reflect on the sudden changes in their working/learning lives. Nancy Cornell, the editor and publisher of Vermont Learning, a free weekly online newspaper for educators, compiled the interviews into a comprehensive look at how folks
How One Small School District Has Risen To The COVID-19 Challenge Read More »
We checked in with Michelle Black, who teaches at Wren’s Nest Forest Preschool, about her school’s experience transitioning to remote learning. MiniBury: How is remote learning going? Michelle: It has been really challenging figuring out how to connect with “Forest Preschoolers” via the computer. Our philosophy at Wren’s Nest was to get outside as fast
Making The Most Of Snail Mail: Wren’s Nest Forest Preschool Read More »
Preschool is practically synonymous with hands-on learning: play dough, finger-paints, mud kitchens, Magna-tiles. For 3- and 4-year-olds, school is all about exploring the physical world, fine-tuning motor skills, making (and cleaning up) a mess, developing social connections. When schools closed last month in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, we wondered, How
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