The Compass School, Ashburn Virginia

Have you voted for your favorite yet???

We're working hard on our pumpkin decorating contest as we finish out the week at Compass. Make sure you cast a vote for your favorite between Oct 27-Oct 30!

In Twos, we're observing the life cycle of the apple core! After taste-testing 4 different kinds of apples yesterday, they are watching for changes over the next few days to see what happens.

This Fall, Think Tank (3s) are enjoying investigative play with pumpkins and gourds. With stacking, weighing, balancing, and close inspection using magnifying glasses, there's so much to explore!

It's getting spooky in our Nature Center classroom, where friends were working on their counting and fine motor skill development using Halloween spiders and webs!

Our Pathfinders (toddlers) could not get enough of the wonderful weather we had today!

Sound Stage friends created a fall mural with sticks found on the playground, taking color inspiration from all the different leaves they saw!

Nature abounds: we found this amazing abandoned bird's nest (complete with an old egg that did not hatch) just outside our infant wing door this afternoon! What a great piece to explore. Check it out with your child when you pick up or drop off!

Focusing on health and fitness this week, Art Studio (Pre-K) tries individual and partner yoga!

It's pumpkin season in Explorers (infants)! Friends were very interested to find out what was inside.

The Skeleton Team Store is open for business in Sound Stage (JK/K)! Our friends have been learning about math and money while also "buying" lots of fun toys.

We're building literacy in Art Studio by tracing letters in our names! Part of our Pre-K students' daily routine is to work on signing in each day by writing their names.

This week we decorated 86 cards and coloring pages for Waltonwood Senior Living residents next door! Happy early Grandparent's Day, Compass families 💕

We had a wonderful day while learning the history behind the Reggio-inspired philosophy and preparing our classrooms for the new school year! We can't wait to greet our friends on Tuesday.

This is a friendly reminder that Compass is closed Friday, September 4 for Teacher In-Service and Monday, September 7 in observance of the holiday.

Stay safe and enjoy your long weekend!

What a relevant and creative way to explore emotions in the current state of the world!

After finding a few of these funky looking oakworm caterpillars on our way into school today, we set up an observation station in our plaza so that we can watch them grow together!

Using pom poms, markers, and paper, our Nature Center friends (3s) did a great job working on letter formation!

Check it out: our chickpea plants sprouted!

Our campers had a fun time exercising at their Amazing Athletes demo with Coach Catherine today!

Our Clubhouse campers are adding more sight words to their alphabet everyday!

Facebook, our Pre-K friends need your help! Art Studio is taking a vote on who was most creative in building a barn for their farm animals.

Comments and votes are welcome! We can't wait to hear from you. ☺️

Yesterday's rain couldn't stop our Trailblazers (2s) from their nature hunt!

Our Sound Stage (Pre-K) friends came into possession of some garden-variety caterpillars and ventured outside to create a stimulating environment for them with sticks, leaves, branches, and mulch.

Another great field trip today with our campers! We saw tadpoles, small fish, and dragonflies in the stream. On our walk, we counted 18 birds nests.

Hooray for Water Play!

What can I say? We're missing the beach in Pathfinders!

Best to take this art outside! What a fun way to paint, using spray bottles to make colorful galaxies.

Getting summer-ready with our infants - pass the beach ball!

Studying space in Inventor's Workshop (2s), friends enjoy working on their gross motor skills with their comet toss!

First day of water play with Miss Shannon: success!

Mess-free tie-dye with our infants!

We're animal crazy in Art Studio! Friends sketched their favorite creatures after learning about them in morning meeting.

On the hunt for frogs, koi fish, and turtles during our camp field trip today with Miss Gillian and Miss Brittany!

After reading in a kid's encyclopedia about the human body, Nature Center friends drew their own interpretations of some of the images yesterday!