Pacific Rim International School (PRINTS) cultivates students with essential life skills through its focus on self-development, bilingualism, and internationalism in an AMI accredited Montessori environment.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Monday, February 22, 2016
A Day in the Life - San Mateo Infant Community
We are cleaning our classroom for the Chinese New Year.
I like to peel mandarin oranges.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
A Day in the Life: Emeryville Children's House
I am labeling phonetic word objects in English. I am choosing one of the objects on the table, saying the word aloud, then looking for the label that matches it. This is the second box; it has words with four, five, and even six letters!
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Making Props in the High School for Spring Festival
Major creativity happening in the EK/HS as we ready for Spring Festival!
Spring Festival is right around the corner and it's a hive of activity in the San Mateo HS program as everyone pitches in to make props, costumes and all of the elements that go into a fun theatrical event.
There is a tremendous amount of practical life and problem-solving that occurs at this time of year, with the emphasis being on collaboration, debate, creativity, artistry and fun. It one of our favorite times of year at PRINTS and we cannot wait to show you the fruits of our labor at next week's festival!
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| Using visual references to outline props |
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| Figuring out how to stabilize large cardboard props on stage |
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| Problem-solving around a large, elaborate prop-piece. |
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| Keeping track of what we have made, and what's still outstanding for each vignette |
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| The plan worked! Our prop will be stable and robust. |
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| Rehearsing in the dance studio. We still need to learn our lines. |
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| Practicing our interaction - we rehearse many times to get timing and emphasis just right. |
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| Some of our props are exaggerated for humor! |
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| Everyone pitched in to help with stitching some key props. |
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| Not sure how we would do Spring Festival without cardboard from Costco! |
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| Debating over an approach. |
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| Cutting more cardboard. |
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| Checking references for authenticity in Japanese for our Japanese vignette. |
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| Fixing some costuming. Fine hand work still counts in the high school program. |
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Happy Chinese New Year from Emeryville CH 新年快樂！
To celebrate Chinese New Year, we made ba bao fan (八寶飯）with our lao-shi and shared with the whole school.
We cleaned up the classroom and put decorations on the walls and doors...
Since this is the year of Monkey, we made ourselves monkey hats. "Huhu Haha...Huhu Haha..."
We are sending our best wishes to you from the Emeryville campus. Wishing you a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous new year ahead!
Monday, February 8, 2016
Friday, February 5, 2016
Chinese New Year Cleaning
We are cleaning our classroom to prepare for the Chinese New Year!
I need to reach up high to dust the wall.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
A Day in the Life: Emeryville Children's House
This morning, I am learning to put the color tablets in order from darkest to lightest. My teacher asks me to find the tablet that has the "most green" or the "most purple". She said I could decide for myself how many sets I wanted to put in order, and I said I wanted to do *all* of them! When other children crowded around to observe me, I asked them, "Can so many people please not observe my work?"
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
A Day in the Life - San Mateo Infant Community
Tofu is soft to cut through.
My shoes are dirty so I want to polish them to make them shiny!
Monday, February 1, 2016
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