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Slow Food/ Slow Education

by Renee Owen | Oct 7, 2014 | Director's Blog

I love this article by Shelley Wright.  She sounds like she is describing Rainbow Community School.

Are You Ready to Join the Slow Education Movement?

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Tactile matching games are more than just a fun ac Tactile matching games are more than just a fun activity. They support children in building concentration and observation skills as they learn to discriminate between subtle differences in texture. The experience of using tactile experiences to create matching pairs also lays important groundwork for later abstract thinking. Our preschoolers are building abstract thinking skills one touch at a time!

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Discovering connections between literature and our Discovering connections between literature and our community...

Omega 6th grade students spent the last several weeks reading "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleishman. This book follows a diverse group of people who transform a vacant lot in their Cleveland neighborhood into a thriving community garden. Each chapter of the book is written from a different character's perspective and the garden itself becomes a catalyst for bringing people together in transformative ways. 

After reading the book, our students took a walking field trip to visit a transformational community garden, the Burton Street Peace Garden, right here in West Asheville. What a wonderful way to build connections with learning and our local community!

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It's Throwback Thursday and what a difference ten It's Throwback Thursday and what a difference ten years makes! 

The preschoolers in these photos are current 7th and 8th graders and we are blessed to have two of the middle schoolers in these class photos as amazing members of our faculty and staff! Can you guess who they are and find them in their class photos? 

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Have you ever made your own drawing pigments with Have you ever made your own drawing pigments with natural materials?

Our fourth graders have! As part of their archaeology unit, our fourth grade students explored the art of early civilizations. They collected nuts, leaves, berries, and bits of burnt wood to create pigments and practiced drawing on vertical surfaces with sticks and other natural implements. 

What natural materials can you find in your neighborhood to draw with?

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