Morning Star Child Development Center

09/16/2026

“MORNING STAR OPEN HOUSE”

A Place to Connect, A Young Community to Grow,

We welcomed our new and current families to our first Open House of the school year!

From INFANT through KINDERGARTEN , it was wonderful to see so many parents come together, meet their child’s teachers, classmates’ parents, and learn more about their classroom programs.

Teachers had the opportunity to share their emergent curriculum, classroom experiences, and learning approaches, while parents engaged in meaningful one-on-one conversations, asked questions, and built connections with the educators who guide their children each day.

At Morning Star, we believe that home and school are partners. When families become part of the classroom community, children experience a stronger connection between their two worlds—home and their extended home at school.

Thank you to all our families for taking the time to get to know their child’s classroom, teachers,
other parents, and the program!

09/14/2026

Stack, build, create, paint, and discover! 🧱✨

Our toddlers in Toddler 1 classroom explored the possibilities of blocks—stacking, balancing, building, and experimenting with their own ideas. Through open-ended play, they strengthened problem-solving skills, coordination, and confidence as they discovered what they could create.

In the same token, paint became another language for exploration. 🎨 Children experimented with colors, textures, movement, and mark-making—learning through curiosity, creativity, and hands-on discovery.

09/12/2026

🇫🇷 WEEKLY French Lesson in PREK just started:

Bonjour, little learners, let’s open the door—
to a language, a culture, and a world to explore! 🇫🇷✨

This week, our PreK friends welcomed Monsieur Sebastian and build meaningful relationships . Once those connections began to grow, they enthusiastically started their introduction to the French language! 🇫🇷 Through playful and engaging experiences, they were introduced to vegetables, numbers, and the days of the week, beginning to build their French vocabulary while discovering the sounds and rhythms of a new language.

Their excitement was contagious as they took their first steps toward understanding a new language, a new culture, and new ways of seeing the world. 🌎💫

09/10/2026

📚🚌 Our First Kindergarten Field Trip—and a Seed Was Planted! 🌱

“A book in little hands,
A world waiting to unfold;
Yesterday, we planted a seed
For stories yet untold.” ✨

Our Kindergarten friends stepped beyond the classroom and into the world of the library, discovering how this special place works and why it matters. They learned how to check books in and out, explored how a library serves its community, and experienced the joy of choosing a book of their own.

Yesterday, they didn’t just learn how to use a library—they took their first steps toward becoming lifelong readers. 📖💛

At Morning Star, we believe the love of learning begins with meaningful experiences—and sometimes, all it takes is one book to plant the seed. 🌱

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09/09/2026

✨ Seeing ourselves through a new lens—and discovering how each of us contributes to our community! ✨

As part of our umbrella exploration of community, places, and culture, our friends in T3 engaged in a thoughtful provocation centered on self-reflection, identity, and the many ways people connect with the world around them. Mirrors invited children to pause, observe their unique features, and consider how each individual face tells a story about who we are and where we belong.

Using oil pastels, children transformed their observations into expressive self-portraits through lines, shapes, colors, and meaningful details. As they studied their reflections, they explored both the similarities and differences that make every person special. This experience opened opportunities to talk about how communities are made up of diverse individuals, each bringing their own experiences, perspectives, cultures, and ways of seeing.

Through this process, children were not only representing themselves—they were beginning to build an understanding of identity, belonging, and the rich tapestry of people and places that make up our shared community. 🪞🎨

09/08/2026

👩‍🎨MORNING STAR ATELIER 🧑‍🎨
✨ The Art of Becoming ✨

In the Atelier, a mirror becomes more than a reflection—it becomes an invitation to wonder: Who am I? What do I see? What can I create? 🪞🎨
The approach to our community umbrella topic in the Atelier for an invitation to engage creatively for friends from 2B was a focus on the self.
By using mirrors, felt stickers, and markers they explored the self through mirrors, felt stickers, and markers, transforming their reflections into unique expressions of identity, imagination, and discovery. Because when children are given the space to truly see themselves, they begin to discover the beautiful possibilities of who they can become. 💛✨
Knoxville/Farragut Enrollment 2026/2027 open

09/05/2026

At Morning Star, we believe education goes far beyond meeting the milestones set by the State Department of Education. 🌟 Our children are becoming confident thinkers, creative problem-solvers, compassionate friends, and capable learners through technology, hands-on experiences, collaboration, and meaningful play. 💻🎨🧩

We nurture not only what children need to learn today, but the skills they need to thrive tomorrow. ❤️✨

09/03/2026

09/01/2026