Author: Brin Hamilton

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Mousehole News From the ClassroomAnd, just like that, here we are in November. How did that happen? In November, our attention turns to leaves, squirrels, family, gratitude, and celebrations of light. We spend more time indoors for each class, and spend more time...

Halloween At The GardenAt the Children’s Garden, we celebrate Halloween in a low-key manner.  The emphasis will be on ‘fun’ not ‘scary’ while the children participate in some of our traditions such as apple ring on a string, pumpkin coloring and the children will have the opportunity to paint their own faces.Children are welcome to wear a simple costume to sch...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Mousehole News From the ClassroomOooooooooooo! Happy Halloween! We hope you have a safe and fun Halloween this evening and we can’t wait to hear all about it next week! We also want to wish a meaningful day of peaceful remembrance to those that celebrate el Dia d...

From time to time, we like to remind our families to take a quick look for head lice at home. It’s a normal part of childhood and nothing to stress over — just a small way we can work together to keep everyone itch-free and happy!Children in preschool and elementary school are most likely to get head lice - those tiny, wingless parasitic insects.Lice look like...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Three days left to give and secure your one-of-a-kind If You Give Belleamie a Cupcake storybook! We hope you’ll join us in coming together in support of the Garden. Your gift to The Children’s Garden ensures that our teachers can continue to...

Save the Date!October 19-23, 2026Each Fall we come together to celebrate Belleamie, our beloved mouse puppet, who has been held and loved by every child who passes through our gazebo. Please join us in commemorating 49 years of The Children’s Garden School, which is only made possible through the support and generosity of families like yours.   ...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Belleamie’s Birthday Gifts, our annual virtual fundraiser, kicks off next week! We are excited to share our giving levels this year that will include a one-of-a-kind storybook written by our loving Garden staff, If You Give Belleamie a Cupca...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Mousehole News From the Classroomh Wow! What a great Salmon Days weekend we had last weekend! The rains held off and several staff members reported Garden Community sightings! That’s the best! We saw a few of our Gardeners in their beautiful salmon hats. How swee...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Mousehole News From the ClassroomTo those that observe Yom Kippur, we hope you had a meaningful fast and a good end and good year ahead of you. Wasn’t the Homecoming so much fun? We love how many current families came out to play with the staff and each other and...

Bulletin Board Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community. Mousehole News From the ClassroomHappy Rosh Hashana to all who celebrate and happy first week of Autumn! Wasn’t the Apple Fest so fun? We had a wonderful turnout, with 35+ families represented. It was great to see so many alums enjoying the Fest as well! We are s...