For their life sciences class at the Zoo, our kids learned about the many ways animals camouflage for survival. Our kids are very sweet with each other, and they often hold hands on their Zoo walks. :) This week, our kids began their introduction to Europe, and one of our parents planned some fun activities about Shakespeare! Our kids are always up for fun and activities, but our parents are such good sports too! Often, our parents join in the fun, which makes the activitie

This week City Kids was back at the Zoo. The kids were all so excited to see their teachers after such a long break! They started off this session with a lesson about natural selection. After learning about how animals adapt to their environments through natural selection, the kids created what they imagined could be bird adaptations. Following, they presented their creations to the group. They were all unique and creative! For Geography/World Culture Day, the kids had an

This week was our first week back, and the kids were SO EXCITED to be back at co-op! In between all the hugs and goofing around, we managed to do some fun activities! Continuing with our unit on Asia, our kids had an introduction to geography and culture in China. They learned about inventions and innovations in China as well as some of China's big celebrations, like Chinese New Year. The kids made their own tangrams, a puzzle game that originated in ancient China. The kid

We have previously mentioned that our parents are SUPER parents, and without them, we wouldn't have our wonderful little community. Each parent brings something special to our group, and for this blog post, we are celebrating Phaedra Siebert, one of our parents who is an art historian. Dan Graham, For Gordon Bunshaft, 2007 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Phaedra, our SUPER parent, has designed an Arts Exploration program for the spring that ties into City Kids' Geograp