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On the Big Blue Sea

Posted on October 26, 2017 by forstm
GalleryPosted in Weekly NewsTagged boxes, creativity, emergent curriculum, fishing, imagination, North Hills Campus at WT, ocean, pre-kindergarten, problem solving, sea1 Comment

Forest 4s: The Real Woods

Posted on September 7, 2017 by forstm
GalleryPosted in Weekly NewsTagged building, discovery, early childhood, explore, Forest Fours, forest kindergarten, nature, Science, STEM, Winchester Thurston, woods, worms, WT, WTN6 Comments

The Movie Stars!

Posted on May 20, 2016 by forstm
GalleryPosted in Weekly NewsTagged costumes, dinosaurs, early childhood, Fancy Outfits, Independent School, movie premiere, Movie Stars, north campus, North Hills campus, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, play, Pre-K, pre-kindergarten, red carpet, script writing, teaching pre-k, Winchester Thurston, WT5 Comments

Woodland Wednesday: Bird Watching Edition

Posted on April 6, 2016 by forstm
GalleryPosted in Weekly NewsTagged #outdoorclassroom, art, bird watching, birds, early childhood, emergent curriculum, Independent School, kidwriting, learning, leaves, nature, north campus, North Hills campus, Northbound Trail, outdoor classroom, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, play, Pre-K, pre-kindergarten, project approach, Reggio, Science, sketching, tally marks, teaching pre-k, things that fly, Winchester Thurston, WT

Ode to Spring Break

Posted on March 11, 2016 by forstm
GalleryPosted in This Moment, Weekly NewsTagged #outdoorclassroom, boots, mud, nature, North Hills campus, outdoor classroom, Pittsburgh, Pre-K, puddle, splash, Spring, teaching pre-k, water, Winchester Thurston, worm2 Comments

Water, water everywhere…

Posted on January 26, 2016 by forstm



GalleryPosted in Weekly NewsTagged #outdoorclassroom, early childhood, experiment, Independent School, melting snow, nature, north campus, North Hills campus, outdoor classroom, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, play, Pre-K, pre-kindergarten, problem solving, puddle jumping, puddles, Science, splash, splashes, this moment, water, Winchester Thurston, WT

Woodland Wednesday (or Thursday…) 

Posted on January 7, 2016 by forstm
GalleryPosted in Weekly NewsTagged #outdoorclassroom, forts, Independent School, leaves, logs, nature, nature day, north campus, North Hills campus, Northbound Trail, outdoor classroom, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, play, Pre-K, pre-kindergarten, sticks, this moment, Winchester Thurston, Woodland Wednesday, WT

Let’s Get to Work! (Play Style!)

Posted on February 25, 2014 by forstm
GalleryPosted in The Little Things, Weekly NewsTagged early childhood, Independent School, nature, north campus, Pittsburgh, play, Pre-K, shovel, snow, Winchester Thurston, WT1 Comment

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