Why Preschool Shouldn’t Be Like School
Posted by Marguerite in Curriculum on 23. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
The following is from an article by Alison Gopnik Posted Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Click here for the rest of the article. New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever-younger ages, may backfire. Ours is an age of pedagogy. Anxious parents instruct their children more and more, at younger and younger ages, until [...]
Some of our Favorite Things
Posted by Marguerite in Uncategorized on 17. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
There are so many great places out there to get research or just get new ideas on what Early Childhood Development should look like and here are some of our favorites: Let the Children Play The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Irresistible Ideas for Play Based Learning North American Reggio Emilia [...]
What our Program looks and more importantly FEELS like
Posted by Marguerite in Curriculum on 15. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
Most of this post will be referencing directly from the curriculum that the Co-op follows, The Creative Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers and The Creative Curriculum for Preschool. Both of these are available for purchase online and you could probably find editions in the library. We believe that the areas of early childhood development can [...]
Making it a Green Christmas!
Posted by Marguerite in Uncategorized on 09. Dec, 2010 | 0 Comments
If you are stressed out this holiday season and haven’t even begun to get all those toys your little one has to have, and on top of it all trying to make this season more meaningful than last year’s, try doing it green! This year we tried something new for us at the Co-op and [...]
Almost no More!
Posted by Marguerite in Uncategorized on 27. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
We had our 80s Prom-Almost Paradise Fundraiser and it was a huge success! Everyone dressed up and had a blast. Thanks to our photographer, Cree, for capturing the moment for us. The link to our photos on Flicker is http://www.flickr.com/photos/childdevelopmentcoop/. As you can see, it was great fun and we raised enough money to get a [...]
