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The soothing process of painting is often what is interesting to young children. The pleasant feeling of painting over and over using their senses to explore color, process and outcomes.  Painting can provide children with vast amounts of learning, this may be developing their fine motor pincer grip or big body movements when crawling or…

Preschoolers searched through magazine clippings to find eyes, ears, noses, mouths and more to create unique faces. The children practiced how to properly hold and manipulate their scissors while cutting out the entirety of a shape.  They identified facial features in photos from the magazines that their face still needed. They had to think about…

Painting experiences have provided the opportunity for communication with one other while working on shared projects and exploring common interests.  The soothing process of painting is often what is interesting to young children. The pleasant feeling of painting over and over, using a large canvas to have a full range of motion. We provide a…

Physical development, also commonly known as motor development, refers to the growth of a young child’s body and ability to move, balance and effect change in their environments with their bodies. Motor development can be further divided into gross motor, generally meaning big body movements, and fine motor, referring to finger and hand manipulations. Motor…

When children have opportunities to interact with wildlife, a whole new world of wonder can open up. There is so much information out there that shows children who are supported in their love for animals tend to generalize that love to other living things.  When children are encouraged to care for animals, they tend to…

As the weather has quickly turned to Spring/Summer we have started to plant seeds and plant starts outside on our playground. So many great skills and investigations have been made and we continue to make new discoveries every day!  Through garden play, children acquire and improve crucial skills, have fun, and develop self-confidence all the…

The idea of babies talking and reading can seem incredible, but language and literacy skills start from birth! Babies communicate through sounds, facial expressions and gestures. These are all important ways to help them learn about language and the written word.  Early language and literacy skills are learned best through everyday moments such as reading…

Check out the recipes we used this month for our families to try to pick up!! Sweet Potato Fries https://cookieandkate.com/baked-sweet-potato-fries/ Preheat oven to 425 Slice your fries thinlya. About ¼ inch wide or close to itb. Trick: slice off a ¼ inch thick slab from one of the sides that way you have a flat…

The Old North End Farmers Market at Dewey Park in Burlington happens every Tuesday at 3pm! Erinn and Holly (BCS Food Intern) have been walking to the market and collecting our harvest using our community shared agricultural grant money. We receive a share of baby spinach and a variety of produce every week. We use…