Lucy’s group is finishing this school year feeling beyond proud as they complete the inaugural Hayground Museum opening. About 200 visitors attended the museum in just one month! They ensured each visitor had an enjoyable experience, from the first greeting at the ticket box office to the smooth journey and farewell as visitors exited the museum.
Read MoreThey say that time flies when you're having fun and I wholeheartedly agree! Our class had a wonderful time visiting ARF of the Hamptons. We were able to interact with animals and learned so much about the new state-of-the-art training center at ARF
Read MoreOur end of the year trip to Boston marked and celebrated the senior learners' growing autonomy and independence. We began the school year with off-campus apprenticeships to seek mentors and new and exciting learning opportunities. The apprentices developed skills related to their work and a burgeoning sense of responsibility to their mentors and education.
Read MoreSo many projects, so little time. We are nearing the end of our school year, but our projects are still in full effect. As we plan for the final Hayground Market sale on June 6, students are inventing or making unique toys to display and sell.
Read MoreSpring is in full swing and before we know it we’ll be packing our bags for beach day! Until then, we are busily working on the final phase of our class project, which we look forward to sharing with you at our end-of-year celebration on May 30th—details to follow.
Read MoreLucy’s group is getting ready to debut the Hayground Museum for the first time on May 6, 2024! One of the many tasks they have done in preparation for the museum was analyzing every yearbook Hayground has ever had and pinpointing exceptional takeaways from each school year.
Read MoreApril is here! We started out the month with the solar eclipse. It was so special to share that moment as a community! This month has also brought a new activity for our class—reading buddies with Amy's group (ages 7-9). Once a week we join the big kids in the gathering space and they read books to our little ones. It's wonderful to see the connections being made across ages.
Read MoreDo you remember having a reading buddy as a child? I can remember my mom reading Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak to me. She read it to me as many times as I asked her to read it to me and I asked a lot! Do you have favorite books from your childhood?
Read MoreNor’easters, earthquakes, and an eclipse, oh my! Never-the-less, spring is in the air and the classroom is buzzing with activity. Alongside their teachers, the children have begun researching their chosen prehistoric animal and each child is keeping a research folder where they collect their notes.
Read MoreWe sure deserve this beautiful day, after a week of flooding, earthquakes, and a solar eclipse!
This year, each student was given their own calendar to keep track of our class projects. As a class, we set deadlines, plan timelines and keep track of the work we have to finish.
Read MoreStudents are putting the finishing touches on the final drafts of their Budding Authors books. This year, the kids embraced the writing and revision process, and crafted fun, interesting and unique stories.
Read MoreWe learned a great deal from our workshop with Ava Locks and Elka Rifkin of Access Ambassadors on demystifying disabilities by building awareness, empathy, and action. This was an interactive workshop in which the kids learned that "disability" is not a bad word and ways to communicate respectfully and appropriately through scenario-based explorations of visible and non-apparent disabilities.
Read MoreLucy’s group has been keeping busy with curating the Hayground Museum! After meeting with experts in the curating field, the students developed ideas on what the layout of their museum should look like. They have been discussing what materials they will need for different aspects of their museum and how Hayground history should be displayed.
Read MoreSo many exciting investigations are going on in Amy's classroom! For instance, we have observed that the bunny eats everything, including a preference for books, needs places hide or calm spots, and needs to have freedom to roam. Armed with these thoughts in mind, the class came up with building Harvey a safe and healthy naturalist habitat for him to enjoy.
Read MoreOur Class book is complete and off to the printing press! The Mouse House; A Treasury of Stories will be submitted to The Hampton Library as part of their 2024 Budding Authors program. We will also mail a copy to the Mouse Mansion Museum in Amsterdam which inspired this wonderful project. Now that the work is complete, the children have been joyfully playing with their mice and the rooms they built for them.
Read MoreRegardless of the weather outside, inside the kids have been working up a storm. Hayground Market had a fantastic third sale with a Valentine’s Day theme. The kids hosted interactive experiences which were a big hit.
Read MoreWe are busy learning about musician, artist, and civil rights activist Max Roach for our presentation on Soul Food Night. The kids are learning that Max Roach took the drums to a whole new level as a solo instrument.
Read MoreAmy’s class naturalists head to Long Beach for a day of winter observation and play! Each child had the opportunity to get behind the camera lens and take a couple of shots.
Read MoreOur residency at The Watermill Center with Philippe Cheng concluded with our in-process exhibition last week. Our living self-portaits inspired by Andy Warhol's experimental films were on display as was our abstract map of our connections to places in our extended family histories.
Read MoreLucy’s group went to the Southampton African American Museum twice this month. The students started their first day with a digital tapestry. Using a visual and auditory device was the perfect way to get the students comfortable with the space because it allowed them to work at their own pace and, as my students put it, “feel like you were taken back into the historical time.”
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