06/04/2024
Result of a magical transformation (caterpillar into a butterfly). Isn't nature wonderful?!
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06/04/2024
Result of a magical transformation (caterpillar into a butterfly). Isn't nature wonderful?!
11/09/2023
Clever...
10/17/2023
...how cute is this!?
10/13/2023
more fire truck pics...
A big THANK YOU to our local fire fighters. We had a blast today during their visit, when we got to sit in the fire truck and even heard the siren! We appreciate the important work they do responding to the toughest emergencies, as well as, entertainment/education calls from the local kids.😍
09/22/2023
Back to School family night was a great success. It was very nice seeing all of our families.
07/14/2023
live alphabet game... :)
07/13/2023
Lots of fun on our Swan Boats field trip!
06/15/2023
"... studies show that too much noise, particularly loud noise, can hurt a child's cognitive development, notably for language-based skills such as reading. That's because if noise is just, well, noise, it distracts developing brains and makes it more difficult for children to concentrate. But when their environment is quiet enough for them to pay attention to sounds that are important or particularly interesting to them, it is a powerful teaching tool."
"[Young children's] brains are craving sound-to-meaning connections, so it's very important that the sounds around them be nourishing and meaningful," says Nina Kraus, a neurobiologist at Northwestern University.
How a little more silence in children's lives helps them grow Studies show too much noise, particularly loud, irregular noise, can hurt a child's brain development, because if sound is irregular, it distracts our brains and makes concentration more difficult.
05/17/2023
No wonder we need to read to our kids all kinds of silly stories! They learn and grow stronger knowing that sometimes even the impossible is possible.
04/18/2023
Osmosis... who knew you could color eggs this way?! :)