Raising Readers: Supporting Children’s Reading Development
Literacy is tantamount to lifelong learning. As a result, a foundational skill we teach children at the elementary school level is how to read. Here are some tools, broken down […]
A Call to Puerto Rico: 3rd Graders Study Afro-Latinx Culture
The lights are dimmed in the classroom on the 2nd floor of Fieldston Lower, and every eye is focused on the bright projection on the whiteboard. Outside, it’s dull and […]
Seeing Columbus Through the Lens of Equity
In mid-October, Fieldston Lower School Spanish Teacher Monica Mella led her 1st Graders through a lesson on dates and months. She asked them what holidays fall in October. Most offered […]
Fieldston Lower Boards the International Space Station
On a bright July day at Cape Canaveral, Florida, a Falcon 9 rocket waits at the launch site. The energy is electric. Despite decades of space travel, the idea of […]
Fieldston Lower Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. in Song
Fieldston Lower assemblies have easily become one of my favorite traditions. Each assembly typically revolves around a theme, and music teachers Blake and Bárbara help to coordinate sing-alongs or songs […]
A Celebration of Books Returns
On Monday, November 19, every student at Fieldston Lower will browse tables upon tables of children’s books that have been set up in the gym, looking for the newest addition […]