Thank You!
Many, many thanks to our Extended Day families for the lovely birthday gifts we received last week! How fun are the plates? We know everything will taste extra delicious on them. We will also be sure
Archive for 2018
Arc of Play
As we approach the halfway mark of the school year, our sense of the arc of our year is necessarily intertwined with the arc of the children’s daily play. When each day begins, children enter and
“I found one! One more slug!” Sevi
Over the last few weeks small groups of children have continued to investigate the slugs in Studio Red. As they search for the slugs, set up habitats on trays, and watch them move over rocks and
Hide and Seek
Many children are playing hide and seek games, and we end up having a discussion about it during Tuesday’s meeting. When Travers notices the tall red drum on the high shelf, he comments that it would
The Hundred Languages of Children
As educators of young children, we are continually challenged to ensure that every child’s voice be heard. The heart of the Reggio Emilia philosophy embraces the belief that this voice can present itself in many forms,
Learning through play
The foundation of the philosophy at Lincoln Nursery School is the importance of play, the means by which children explore and question their ideas and thinking. During each and everyday within the studio children are unwittingly
International Visitors
On January 23, 2018, sixteen kindergarten teachers and administrators from Nanjing China, participating in Early Childhood Education Professional Development: STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) Integrated Early Childhood Education came on campus with Yvonne Liu-Constant,
I’m Making a Pattern
An assortment of white, silver and clear beads of various shapes and sizes were offered at the round table. The children used sparkly, silver pipes cleaners to make icicles, jewelry for animals, bandages to fix broken
If you need help, call me
Several of the children had begun playing with the train tracks and trucks, they were working on their own ideas, with no discussion of plans or ideas between them. Suddenly Jonah cried out “There’s danger!” What?
I’m a plant.
Caroline has discovered that she can fit her body through these holes in the table. She has tried this for several days in a row. Caroline announces, I can go through this. After a third day going