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Why we teach nursery rhymes

February 4, 2015 By Miss Barbara

One of the topics we love to teach at playschool is nursery rhymes. You may remember many of these rhymes from your childhood, or then again, you may not, since for a time they were considered somewhat outdated and frivolous. However, recent research has shown just how valuable the memorization of these rhymes can be […]

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Learning Experiences

June 18, 2013 By Miss Barbara

Parents often want to know what they can do to best help their child learn. The most meaningful learning activities are not flash cards or planned lessons, but experiences the parent and child can share and enjoy doing together. Most parents know this intuitively, but life has a way of getting so busy that we […]

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Why Playschool?

June 3, 2013 By Miss Barbara

As the end of January approaches, bringing with it the start of registration for the next school year, I have the opportunity to speak with lots of parents as they are making decisions about a preschool for their child. It is always an exciting and fascinating time for me, one of the perks of my […]

Filed Under: Development, Education

Helping Children Cope with Scary News

April 17, 2013 By Miss Barbara

So many tragic things have been in the news recently, and because they are so much on our hearts and minds, graphic discussion and pictures of these events are literally everywhere, to such an extent that as much as we might like to protect the children in our lives from the knowledge of such terrible […]

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Kindness

February 16, 2013 By Miss Barbara

As an antidote to the harshness and incivility that seem to be so prevalent in our society these days, we have declared February as Kindness Month at Front Street Playschool. As a school, we have been talking about what it means to be kind, and performing random acts of kindness. One of our classes took […]

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Autism Asperger’s Digest

July 21, 2012 By Miss Barbara

Please Share This Fabulous Resource!!!! If you know a parent of a child on the autistic spectrum, a teacher who works with children on the spectrum, or someone who is on the spectrum himself, please, please share this blog with that person. If you think you don’t know anyone whose life has been touched by […]

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Two Recommended Sites…

April 17, 2012 By Miss Barbara

Like much of the rest of the world, I have become enamored of Pinterest. Whenever I need a little break, it is my guilty pleasure. However, I have realized that I spend so much time looking at all of the great ideas I find there that I don’t have time leftover to actually try any […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Resources

This One is for Daddies

February 26, 2012 By Miss Barbara

One of our teachers posted something on Facebook that really resonated with me and I want to share it with you, in hopes that you will share it with all the daddies that you know. It speaks to the special way that fathers impact their daughters’ self-image, and influence the relationships they will have with […]

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One More Reason to Love Our Staff!

September 25, 2011 By Miss Barbara

This past Thursday, Friday and Saturday we were blessed to be able to take many of our staff to the North Carolina Association of Educators of Young Children annual conference which was held in Raleigh. We always gain so much when we are able to attend this event. We have the opportunity to choose from […]

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Race to Nowhere

April 25, 2011 By Miss Barbara

Many of you may have heard of a film that is gaining national recognition called, “Race to Nowhere”. We are fortunate that it will be shown locally, at The Elon School, this Tuesday, April 26th at 7 pm. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Visit www.racetonowhere.com to order advance tickets and […]

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