Join us next Thursday, May 17, for our first (and hopefully not last!) “Get Out & Move” event! This will be an evening event, beginning at 6:30 PM, and there are three components to it: 1.) It will be a potluck, and we encourage you to make your dishes WITH your children. Bring a copy [...]
As I give tours to potential families, I always talk about our curriculum and how we teach all the academic areas to our students. When I mention that we teach science to our students, I tend to get some very strange looks, until I begin to explain how we teach science and why. So let’s [...]
Unfortunately many children in our society have fewer opportunities to experience nature firsthand; initiatives such as No Child Left Inside and folks such as Richard Louv are working tirelessly to rectify this issue. Our teaching team loves bringing nature into the learning process in their classes, and modeling their appreciation for nature to their students. [...]
This week’s announcement from Fisher-Price got me thinking about children’s toys, and what qualities “good” ones ought to have. Outside of the obvious things (think: lead-free, no choking hazards, no sharp edges), picking out toys for children can be complicated. When it all comes down to it, toys have two important components to them: -They [...]