Lincoln Community Preschool

Check out this article about the importance of experiencing art:
https://www.communityplaythings.com/resources/articles/art-and-whole-child-development
Late early childhood educator Diane Kashin was passionate about enabling children to express themselves in their own way. “Open-ended exploration of art materials and tools should be seen as a right of childhood,” she writes in her article first published in 2022.

Diane passed away in January of last year. As we remember her, let’s reflect on how we can offer children these important art experiences.

Lincoln Hometown Christmas Parade today
4pm
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Nature’s classroom: Why preschoolers need more time outdoors Amid the post-pandemic rise in behavioral issues, some suggest that outdoor education might be an antidote to shattered attention spans and frayed nerves.

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Thank you to all who participated in our 4th of July parade tradition 🚂

Yes, it’s true that Kindergarten has transformed into First Grade. Yes, children will need to learn academics, listen and sit still. But that certainly doesn’t mean that these lessons should be straight-jacketed onto them in the toddler and preschool years. In fact, the funneling down of structured learning is all the more reason to let children play while they can. We must fiercely protect this precious, ever shrinking window of time for our children.

Play is enough. Play is enough. Play is enough. This should be our educational mantra for the first 5 years.

Don't let your preschoolers forget how to play —>
https://www.janetlansbury.com/2012/06/dont-let-your-preschoolers-forget-how-to-play/

Happy Mother’s Day

Education is about learning and not about winning a race.

“This scenario drives us crazy because it’s grounded in fear, competition, and pressure, not in science or reality. Not only are parents feeling undue pressure, but their kids are, too. The measuring stick is out, comparing one kid to another, before they even start formal schooling. Academic benchmarks are being pushed earlier and earlier, based on the mistaken assumption that starting earlier means that kids will do better later.
We now teach reading to 5-year-olds even though evidence shows it’s more efficient to teach them to read at age 7, and that any advantage gained by kids who learn to read early washes out later.”

We believe in starting 1st-grade at the age of 7, when a child has the physical and mental readiness to sit in a chair and begin formal education in reading and writing.

Schedule a tour and learn more about our developmentally appropriate K - 8th curriculum.

https://www.edutopia.org/article/teach-kids-when-theyre-ready?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3Bj%2BRGfn5ZTJ6Snmu2c73fVw%3D%3D&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3WDuPDU2_Li4rwSFijvxdeKnn88BR0fuZMYoMtWXfUaTG3miMGAzsm1Hw_aem_ARCuM-Vsuq58IsLvQ4pAwzOTikj73nHcL5ZlrIiOkW7KlQI78pD8DosmY1jq2zkYzfRYM-GMHFGxh4qbPEPJwgAH