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Dec
2021
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Nov
2021
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2021
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Sep
2021
September 2021 *some photos pre-COVID Welcome to Hands On! School starts Wednesday, September 8th and we are very excited to see you! First Day of School Our first day of school is Wednesday, September 8th. School begins at 9 AM and ends at 12:30. Drop-off and check-in for morning preschool begins at 8 :45 AM.
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Aug
2021
Hello everyone, We are excited to start the 2021-22 school year. Hands On Art and Play is celebrating our 21st school year! Hands On started in my home in SE Portland with 6 children, my youngest daughter, Teacher Quinn, included, all the way back in 2000! Since then, we have added more teachers over
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May
2021
May Themes this Month Graduation and Carnival Wow! Is it really the last month of school? Our students have grown so much this year and I hope our soon-to-be kindergartners and first graders get to go to school in person next fall. We have 50 children attending Hands On this year, in three different cohorts.
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Mar
2021
It is starting to feel like spring and we are enjoying more time outside! *The photos on the top of this page were pre-COVID, the photos in the newsletter are current. All children and adults wear masks at school. March April Caterpillars & Butterflies Earth Day Spring & Plants Week of the Young Child
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Feb
2021
January January went by fast! Last month we had fun learning about Alaska and the story of Balto, the sled dog. The students also enjoyed building and playing with ice. We wondered why polar bears don’t get as cold as we do when we have our “paws” in ice even though our body temperature
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Jan
2021
Happy New Year! We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays, we are ready to welcome 2021! Thank you to everyone that contributed supplies for the little red wagons. Our students felt proud to contribute items to help our community. January 2021 Themes this month This month, we will learn about Martin Luther King Jr., and
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Nov
2020
December – Winter Holidays Throughout December we are talking and learning about holidays. We will share stories about how each of us celebrates with our family, and we’ll learn about holidays around the world. We are helping our students learn that there are many people in our world and many different beliefs and