This is a Blog.

A blog, short for "web-log" is an online journal. Its different from a regular website with the advantage that as new items or journal entries are published on it, the old ones are archived along the way. This means that when you visit our blog, the first entry that you see at the top of the page is the most recent one posted. As you scroll down, you will find the entries which preceeded it. For entires that go even further back, all you have to do is look at the "Blog Archive" section in the left-hand column. Clicking on the arrow next to the Months will show all of the journal entry titles for that month, making it easy to find what you're looking for. It also makes it easy for us to track what has happened in our classroom over a long period of time. Here are some other features we espescially enjoy:

PHOTOGRAPHS

One of the things we love most about using this blog is the ease with which we can share photogrpahs from our day on it. The photographs appear in a smaller size in the actual journal entry, however, clicking on the photograph will bring up the full size image in a new screen. When you have a full-sized image pulled up, you can right-click on the image with your mouse and choose "Save", or choose "Save" from the Edit menu of your web-browser. Doing this will give you the opportunity to save the image on your own computer, where you can print it out or save it for your own use. Some of our photographs are hosted on an external photo-sharing site, www.flickr.com. When you click on these images, it will bring you to our flickr.com accounts, where you can actually order prints of the photograph directly from the website. Coupled to the joy of seeing what your child's day looks like while he or she is at school is our desire that these photographs tell a story as well. Sometimes they are stories about blossoming friendships, sometimes they are stories about new discoveries. We hope that the stories these photographs tell will help exhibit the kind of learning and relationship-building taking palce in our classroom, as well as display the joy we share in spending our days together.

COMMENTS

After each journal entry, there is a link that says "Comments" on it. Clicking on this link will provide you with the opportunity to respond to what you are reading about or seeing. This is so important to us! You can use this as a chance to tell us what you think about what's happening in the classroom, ask us questions about why we choose the activity we do, or give suggestions about what we might add. YOU are the number one expert on your child, and by using the Comments sections of our blog, we can enter into dialogue about which directions to pursue next in our learning and play. We welcome comments and questions here- feel free to talk about what you see and read!