The Green Room (3s)’s interest in water during 2021-2022 emerged from a few sources. First, our sensory table, usually filled with a wet material, was a hub of activity throughout the year. Second, we had a shrimp tank in our classroom…
Read MoreTreasure was at the heart of the Purple Room (Pre-K/K) 2021-2022 investigation this year. We observed the children’s interests in treasure maps, and then after teachers shared some treasures in their own lives, the kids began to expand their vision of treasure…
Read MoreIn September 2021, the Blue Room (2s/young 3s) kids were enjoying their snack when a few friends began to stomp their feet under the table. As they continued, many more friends began to join in…
Read MoreThe Purple Room’s investigation in 2020-2021 combined two of the interests that popped up in the fall: an interest in building and construction, and in the neighborhood birds they saw everywhere they went…
Read MoreThis year’s 2020-2021 investigation focused on storytelling and the Coronavirus pandemic. The Green Room kids spent their year learning about the body, and how the body fights germs…
Read MoreChildren returned to school in September of 2020 after a summer of unrest in the city. They came to school sharing stories of protests, engaging in a lot of conversation and play about coronavirus, and discussing the upcoming presidential election…
Read MoreThe 2018-2019 investigation centered around the themes of community, environmentalism, and our local neighborhood habitat that emerged in the fall. Focus in the three classrooms varied and kids explored…
Read MoreDuring fall 2017, the children built, painted, and named a red giant they called Krok. As the months passed, Krok’s family grew, and the three creatures became the focal point of a wide-ranging, special investigation that spanned ideas of self, family, and community, care-taking, accessibility, the body, and the brain…
Read MoreIn the fall of 2016 through to May 2017, the Purple and Green Rooms collaborated on a school-wide investigation of dinosaurs, prompted by their interest in extinction and why it happened to the dinosaurs…
Read MoreThe Purple Room's 2015-2016 coral reef investigation originated in the children’s interest and curiosity in many unique types of animals. The children were particularly fascinated by all the different sea creatures that existed and how they lived with one another…
Read MoreThe Space Investigation stemmed from the common interests of the Blue Room and the Green Room. Together the classrooms embarked on a variety of projects surrounding ideas of space…
Read MoreAn interest in making collaborative three-dimensional sculptures, combined with Purple Room children's discovery of a major snowstorm in the city of Buffalo, NY, led to an exciting decision to build a city in their classroom…
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