![A Kindness Garden in Lower School]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1551522696/lincoln/rqt9nnjiqe14jsva70dv/IMG_2940.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1551522696/lincoln/rqt9nnjiqe14jsva70dv/IMG_2940.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1551522696/lincoln/rqt9nnjiqe14jsva70dv/IMG_2940.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1551522696/lincoln/rqt9nnjiqe14jsva70dv/IMG_2940.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1551522696/lincoln/rqt9nnjiqe14jsva70dv/IMG_2940.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1551522696/lincoln/rqt9nnjiqe14jsva70dv/IMG_2940.jpg","width":2200}])
Children in Kindergarten-Grade 5 have been focusing on kindness in Silent Meeting for the past few weeks.
Lower School Blog
![A Monday Meander]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1550408028/lincoln/v2gcaj87a3i54qfhgakn/meandergroup.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1550408028/lincoln/v2gcaj87a3i54qfhgakn/meandergroup.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1550408028/lincoln/v2gcaj87a3i54qfhgakn/meandergroup.jpg","width":761}])
Every Monday the children in the Oak Rooms go on a Monday Meander. With their treasure basket in hand, they head out on a simple walk around the block. Christine Boulay, Oak Room teacher states: “We engage our senses as we look for changes in the seasons, listen for birds, smell the budding flowers and touch sticky pinecones and crunchy leaves.” They take a picture of the same spot every week to document the seasonal changes and offer a point of reflection for children.
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Communication is the reason the digital space exists, and communication is the best way to manage it. Sound like a riddle? It can be, according to Dr. Jill Walsh who has been working with parents, faculty, and students.
![Girls Who Report | Lower School Elective]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1549136557/lincoln/isbdbnxgpo9kbqs76uy5/ScreenShot2019-02-02at24211PM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1549136557/lincoln/isbdbnxgpo9kbqs76uy5/ScreenShot2019-02-02at24211PM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1549136557/lincoln/isbdbnxgpo9kbqs76uy5/ScreenShot2019-02-02at24211PM.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1549136557/lincoln/isbdbnxgpo9kbqs76uy5/ScreenShot2019-02-02at24211PM.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1549136557/lincoln/isbdbnxgpo9kbqs76uy5/ScreenShot2019-02-02at24211PM.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1549136557/lincoln/isbdbnxgpo9kbqs76uy5/ScreenShot2019-02-02at24211PM.png","width":1956}])
Girls in grades 3-5 finished up their half-year elective course with a culminating video of news stories and reports.
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The entire Lower School engaged in the Cardboard Challenge, a design thinking challenge where students worked collaboratively and creatively to build natural or man-made structures from around the world. Each grade was assigned a continent, research was done in the classrooms and then structures were built in a three hour period in the Gym. The only materials used were cardboard, glue, tape and black markers.