by Samantha Perry | Feb 4, 2019 | Arts Integrated Preschool, Blog, Early Childhood Education
Cultivating Kindness in young children can seem like an impossible task at times, in large part because developmentally the brains of toddlers and preschoolers are still forming the neural connections that help them to understand that other people have feelings,...
by Samantha Perry | Dec 6, 2018 | Arts Integrated Preschool, Blog, Developmental Milestones, Early Childhood Education
The most common answer I get from former preschool parents when I ask them “How’s Kindergarten going?” is “Well, adjusting to a full day of school has been really hard…”. I can only imagine how exhausting it can feel for a 5 year old to be engaged in a classroom full...
by Samantha Perry | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog, Early Childhood Education
The human brain is hardwired to communicate through language. Infants are born being able to orient their gaze toward faces, and turn their heads to look for the familiar voices they might have heard while in the womb as a reflective instinct. Babies don’t need to be...
by Samantha Perry | Jan 11, 2018 | Blog, Developmental Milestones, Early Childhood Education
The benefits of block play for young children are almost infinite. Building with blocks builds valuable cognitive skills such as problem solving, communication, perspective taking, representing and reasoning. This is why you’ll find age appropriate building materials...
