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https://www.npr.org/2022/02/10/1079406041/researcher-says-rethink-prek-preschool-prekindergarten

A top researcher says it's time to rethink our entire approach to preschool A long-term study of a statewide preschool program tracked students through the sixth grade and found those who attended prekindergarten falling behind.

Do we offer education opportunities! YES! Every second of everyday, we are learning through our play.

Just one of the many reasons we focus on play and manipulative materials.

Did you know that a 3-year old (top left image) and a 6-year old (top right image) have significantly different skeletal structure in their hands?! Notice the bones in the wrist of the 3-year old -- many of them are still mostly cartilage! Look at all the spaces in between the bones where muscles and tendons will change through the years. Even the difference between a 6-year old and a 14-year old (lower right) is huge!
Preschoolers have SO much development to do before they can write the way school-aged children or adults can!
Please do NOT stress if your preschooler does not want to write or draw. Some love it and some don't.
While they are growing, strengthen those little bones and muscles! Here are some great pre-writing, muscle-strengthening activities:
* painting, drawing, coloring
* playdough
* tearing and cutting
* gluing
* poking holes in things (try toothpicks and paper!)
* digging in dirt
* building with LEGOS, marble runs, or other blocks
* beading (try beads, cut straws, or even bobbins!)
* puzzles
* squeezing (try stress balls, squeezing water in a sponge, or using a pipette)
* picking up and throwing balls (use different sizes!)
* playing with toys (watch what their little fingers do when they pick up and move little cars, marbles, action figures, etc!)

These all strengthen and help develop little hands, muscles, and bones. When they are physically ready to write, it will be so much easier than if they were pushed when they didn't want to and weren't ready! ❤

Credit to Preschool Powol Packets - Preschool Activities & Ideas
https://www.facebook.com/PreschoolPowolPackets/

Anchors Cove Playcare has an immediate opening for a child 4-5 years of age or turning 4 in December.

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We had a lovely relaxed summer. We explored new and old places, spent days in our swim suits and connected with nature and our friends.

It’s an egg-citing day here at Anchors Cove! The first chic has hatched.

It’s an Egg-citing day! Our eggs have arrived!21 days until we meet our feathery new friends.
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Thanks to Kate at Bees Please Farm
https://www.facebook.com/BeesPleaseFarms/

https://www.facebook.com/RentTheChicken/

Wishing all the beautiful Moms a very happy Mother’s Day💕

We are open and offering childcare for essential service workers. One full time space for 3-5 year olds and two part time 3-5 year old spaces.
At this time all infant toddler spaces are full.