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Nature play builds more than core strength—nurturing self-regulation and early writing skills. https://www.bienenstockplaygrounds.com/

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We do children a disservice when we reduce early childhood to colors, numbers, shapes, and letters. These concepts will come, but when we fixate on them too early or too narrowly, we risk turning learning into pressure, rote drills, and forced lessons that dampen curiosity. Instead of opening children up to the joy of discovery, this approach can make learning feel like a performance or a checklist to get through.

What often gets overlooked are the skills that matter most for long-term cognition: problem-solving, persistence, self-regulation, creativity, language, and the ability to connect ideas across experiences. These are the foundations that make colors, numbers, shapes, and letters meaningful later on. When early childhood is reduced to surface-level academics, we rob children of the chance to build the deeper capacities that allow true learning to stick.

Early childhood is about so much more. It is about building the brain through play, strengthening the body through movement, wiring for empathy and regulation through relationships, and developing a love of learning that lasts far beyond preschool. When we allow concepts like numbers, letters, shapes, and colors to be discovered in meaningful, everyday contexts, children connect with them naturally and deeply.

Today we remembered and honored those survivors, their families and those that never made it home from the residential schools We wore orange shirts in solidarity for Orange Shirt Day. Education is key to understanding our history, learning from it and making our world a kinder place for everyone.

Multiple pregnancies and births this morning 💕😂

Parents please watch 😁

How every child can thrive by five "What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?" asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaking down the research-backed ways parents and caregivers can support children's healthy brain development, Wright highlights the benefits of pla...

We have this AMAZING neighbor who lets the kids explore the wonderful village in her front yard on our way to the Forest. Well a couple weeks ago one of the kids knocked over this man and he broke. Here are the pictures we took and the story the kids wrote….

He got a broken arm and we wrote a note and we brought him home. We made him a bed. Then we fixed his arm. We weighed him like at the doctor, but we’re not doctor people, but we wanted to fix him ‘cause we are just like a doctor. So his arm was fixed and he was happy. Then we played with him.

I take him to the swing.

I slided on the slide and he like sliding down on his back.

I let him paint. I was having fun with him. I really wanted him to paint with his fixed arm.

He scooped some sand and put it in the bucket. He tried to make a birthday cake but he didn’t know how because he’s not a real person.

He was trying to make a castle out of the rings.

He likes peddling on the bike and going fast!

He went on the web swing because bugs were chasing him. He thought it would scare them off.

He is ready to go home because he is all fixed. He misses Clay and all his friends

Do you recognize all the math happening in this child’s play? Share what you see in the comments...

A snapshot of a child’s day in the Forest. Each picture is labeled with the child’s activity.

The Forest is a perfect place to read and move through The Snowy Day!