{"id":14764,"date":"2023-01-26T16:16:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T22:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/?p=14764"},"modified":"2023-06-10T16:42:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T21:42:44","slug":"animals-of-raintree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/animals-of-raintree\/","title":{"rendered":"Animals of Raintree"},"content":{"rendered":"

The longer I work at Raintree, the more I wonder about the stories that collect around these fourteen acres of land.\u00a0 The tales that are told with the most joy and humor are those of the animals.\u00a0 Some are woven into the Raintree quilt, the earliest threads of the school story.\u00a0 Some are retold at staff gatherings or parent\/teacher conferences.\u00a0 All are cherished memories that remind us of our responsibility to the small and delicate life around us.<\/span><\/p>\n

The chickens are visited daily by children, toddler to erdkinder, each learning varying but connected lessons about their nature.\u00a0 Soon, the goats-of-many-names will happily accept springtime treats of clover and dandelion from the children on the other side of the fence.\u00a0 We plan gardens around the diet of rabbits, create routines for feeding snakes, and give zoological lessons from examples of specimens in our surroundings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Marshmallow can be a cheeky bunny, creating new stories daily.\u00a0 Once, he stole \u201cb\u201d from a child\u2019s Moveable Alphabet and ran into hiding.\u00a0 \u201cBunnies biting \u2018b\u2019 behave badly!\u201d He runs exploratory laps around other classrooms, begs for fresh-cut fruit, and especially enjoys chomping unattended pencils.\u00a0 He upends yoga cards from a child balancing in tree pose.\u00a0 He contentedly closes his eyes when children scratch between his ears and flops sleepily under the sandpaper letters.\u00a0 Mostly, he gives great joy to current and visiting LFW alumni through his daily antics.<\/span><\/p>\n

The animals of Raintree offer an opportunity to glimpse into your child\u2019s day, an easy way to delve into conversation. What animals did you see today?\u00a0 What are their natural tendencies?\u00a0 How are they cared for?\u00a0 Inquiries can trigger conversations about responsibility, ideas for conservation of habitats, or animal classification.\u00a0 They inspire stories and studies, collaboration and care.\u00a0 I\u2019ll always be thankful for the many learning opportunities that the animals at Raintree offer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you, Primary Guide Callie Borszich, Lower Far West\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The longer I work at Raintree, the more I wonder about the stories that collect around these fourteen acres of land.\u00a0 The tales that are told with the most joy and humor are those of the animals.\u00a0 Some are woven into the Raintree quilt, the earliest threads of the school story.\u00a0 Some are retold at staff gatherings or parent\/teacher conferences.\u00a0 All are cherished memories that remind us of our responsibility to the small and delicate life around us. The chickens are visited daily by children, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,45],"tags":[92,56,64,77,84],"class_list":["post-14764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-early-childhood","category-raintree","tag-animals","tag-community","tag-independence","tag-nature","tag-responsibility"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14774,"href":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14764\/revisions\/14774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}