Seedlings Preschool

A beautiful thought for the New Year!

Something to keep in your heart during 2023 🙂 ❤️

Happy New Year! Our favourite New Year's activity: A Year in Review makes for a lovely tracking of little one's progression, year after year!

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Well done to our teachers for setting up such inviting stations to learn!!

https://ideas.ted.com/10-tips-for-cultivating-creativity-in-your-kids/?fbclid=IwAR3P8LjA9CD_rEGA_MCxkdP8yLB1oBzLneJZGMd0X-Ai281GPi4-qGOyCvc

What do you do to help spark creativity in your little ones?

10 tips for cultivating creativity in your kids Turns out, it’s less about “teaching” creativity to children — and more about creating a fertile environment in which their creativity will take root, grow and flourish. Res…

Too funny and completely explains why Seedlings uses a Reggio and project approach that takes its cues from the the children’s interests, rather than following a rigid learning schedule!

This quote brings everything I believe about teaching and learning into one nice little quote.

I could add: learning can only happen when a child is interested. If they aren’t interested, it's like throwing worksheets and pencils at them and calling it learning. Same.

Play in a supportive early childhood environment allows a child to choose what they are interested in and then dive in deep if they choose. That is where the magic happens and the learning becomes sticky.

Just say no to rote learning, worksheets, calendar time and circle times that exist only to teach children to sit still for 20 minutes. Say yes to play.