Creating A Love Of Cooking (And Eating) Through SCIENCE!
There is very little about cooking that doesn’t involve chemistry, biology, physics and math. This term’s cooking elective in the kitchen called for the 4th and 5th graders to “get…
Use of Common Language for Positive Support
Bixby is blessed to have faculty who are experts in their fields and bring unique knowledge to the classroom for children. One challenge to this model is ensuring consistent language…
11 Picture Books That Live In My Heart
Like play, children use pictures books to make sense of the world around them. To give voice to the feelings and experiences they cannot yet articulate. At 43, I still…
Do You Glog? – It’s a Tech Question
“It’s a really easy way to channel your ideas and creativity. For a book report you can easily show different points of view. Plus, you can pretty much have anything…
Nurturing A Love Of Reading In The Preschool Classroom
One of my very first teaching mentors began the first day of school, with her kindergartners, with this message… She started out by asking her students to raise their hand…
Reaching: Beyond Familiar Shores
On December 25th 2017, a small whale watching boat from the Pacific Whale Foundation (www.pacwhale.org) left the harbor of Ma’alaea on Maui. On board a mix of tourists, locals and…
Hide-N-Seek Everybody’s It Ball Tag
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.89" background_layout="light"] While traditional physical education focuses on skill development such as catching, throwing, and dribbling a ball, here in Bixby Sports classes we add the strategic…
An Ode to Teachers
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.89" background_layout="light"] If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them…
Do you Really Mean It?
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.89" background_layout="light"] When working (or living) with young children, it is a daily occurrence that children will question if you “really mean it?” Sometimes, it is silly…
Investigating Chemistry With The Critical Topic Of Water
We began with a small bottle of clear water, an ordinary object. I explained that even the most ordinary things can be amazing, if we observe with care, consider what…
Preparing For Winter…Sing!
I know I am biased being the Music Director, but Winter Sing at Bixby School is definitely one of my favorite traditions. On the last day of school before Winter…
Wow! So Play Really is Work!
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.89" background_layout="light"] It all started out simply enough, two first graders decided to pick up a 3 x 7 foot heavy- duty plastic tub and move it…
Bixby School Student Council 2017-18
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.89" background_layout="light"] One of the most important things we administrators do is to look at our various programs and traditions from time to time to determine how…
Preschool Routines For Traveling To Music, Sports and Swim
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.89" background_layout="light"] One of the unique things about the Bixby preschool program are all of the special classes that are offered, such as swimming, music, gym, Spanish…
How Do You Talk Underwater And Across Long Distances Without Yelling?
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.86" background_layout="light"] This year the Kindergarten class is exploring the world of visual language through American Sign Language (ASL)! Every day in Kindergarten we communicate through our…
Igniting Our Imaginations Playing Dress-Up
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.86" background_layout="light"] Dressing up in preschool doesn’t always involve fancy fabrics and costumes. I mean, who doesn’t love shiny necklaces to wear and bags to carry them…
Spud Bars and Transformations at Bixby School
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.71" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" border_style="solid"] When Pat and Bart opened the Bixby School that we know and love, basically it was a big McStain home, (Tom and Caroline…
Float Like A Pumpkin?
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.71" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" border_style="solid"] Sinking and floating are essential skills for new swimmers. Different techniques that we work on in Bixby's pool include, floating on our bellies,…
Team Building At Bixby School
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.71" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" border_style="solid"] The first class all 1st-5th graders go to each day is Group Time, from 8:30-9:00. This is similar to a homeroom and serves…
Have You Seen Bixby’s Lower Yard?
I have always been struck buy the unique characteristics of Lower Yard. I’ve seen schools with engaging climbing structures and creative play spaces but nothing as complete and dynamic as…