How many rocks can you stack before the tower falls down? Our Kindergarten students found out the answer as they experimented with the rock tower challenge today.
Happy #WorldTeachersDay! Thank you for making a difference in so many lives – today and every day.
We're rounding up 8 children's books celebrating Hispanic and Latino authors and characters. #HispanicHeritageMonth https://bddy.me/3jvCc4D
Our Kindergarten class has been hard at work with our Math Counts and Everyday Math curriculum. The children have been counting the number of days they've been in school, recording the number of letters in their names, and practicing writing numbers, among many other math activities.
Happy #InternationalPodcastDay! Be sure to subscribe to the Teach.Play.Love. podcast with Rachel Robertson as she discusses strategies for approaching this unusual school year.
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The Kindergarten Prep class experimented with inclined planes and motion today. They made predictions and drew conclusions about which objects would be able to roll down the ramp and which wouldn't. They were excited to see if their predictions were correct!
We aren’t able to allow parents or visitors in our center right now, but you can be a fly on the wall in our Kindergarten Prep room as they get scientific! 🥽🌱
Our fall Growing Readers picks are in! From outer space to childhood friendships to even the history of Monopoly – we're sharing books and reading activities for every age and stage.
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It's Fundation Day! We celebrated the 21st birthday of the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children by brightening the lives of the teachers with cupcakes, tattoos and party games! #PinthemaskontheHealthandSafetyDirector 🥳🧁
"If we experienced life through the eyes of a child, everything would be magical and extraordinary."
What's the difference between solitary, parallel, and cooperative play? Bright Horizons VP of Learning & Development Rachel Robertson is breaking it down. Check out the full webinar with LEGO Education: https://bddy.me/3nXtYEZ
The flow of our Kindergarten day allows for skill development across all subject matter—math, science, creative expression, and reading and writing--with a strong focus on social-emotional learning. Curricular content and skill development is both integrated in cross-disciplinary projects, and taught in distinct experiences. The program runs between the hours of 7:30am - 6pm and includes lunch and snacks. All of this in a warm environment that follows enhanced protocols for the health & safety of all of our staff and students. Click for more info or to schedule a virtual tour!
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Holding on to the last of the fall leaves🍂🍁🍂
Having discussions with your children around race and equality is so important, but it can be intimidating. Here are some ways to start the conversation naturally.
For more on raising anti-racist kids, access our on-demand webinar: https://bh.social/2IFg4Hu
Pumpkin Plant Race Check In!🌱 Which did you predict would grow taller??
To participate in The Great Kindness Challenge, our students painted rocks to share and spread joy along our path outside. Every classroom was buzzing with “kindness conversations” as we shared ways to spread joy to those around us 🧡
How can you make the upcoming holidays special, if you can't physically be with your loved ones?
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In Preschool and Kindergarten Prep, we take pride in our ourselves, our abilities, and in beautifying our environments. In Math Counts, we used our fine motor and sorting skills to create some branch art for our classroom. #MathCounts #TowardABetterWorld
Come on in! Take a virtual tour of Bright Horizons at Carnegie Center 🎥
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It’s the 100th Day of School and every minute of the day was 💯% filled with fun!
Choosing child care is a critically important and highly personal decision. How do you go about making it? https://bh.social/2MAXi6k
Our Collections Project offers provocations from the Smithsonian to spark children’s thinking and exploration of collections. Because museums are essentially large collections, this is a fitting topic for our first collaboration with the Smithsonian.
Our infants examine the Smithsonian Collection Artifact cards first, before their teachers give them real life, hands on experiences with their own collections!
It’s Fly on the Wall Wednesday 🪰 and the Kindergarten Prep class is celebrating National Feed the Birds Day 🐦! Take a peek as they use their fine motor skills to thread cereal on pipe cleaners to hang outside for the birds!
We learned so much more about weather during this storm! The Kindergartners discussed and made educated guesses about how our yard stick measured 7 1/2 inches of snow yesterday, why it only showed 6 inches today, when it hasn’t stopped snowing since Sunday! 🤔
