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24 Little Pumpkins
We explored Pumpkins this week at Bellevue Discovery. Our long-term project (September through December) is Planet Earth. During the project we focus on different themes: Gardens, Rocks, Fossils, Geography, Inside the Earth, Volcanoes and Outer Space. And of course we have … Continue reading
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Tagged Five Little Pumpkins, Halloween, Pumpkin
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The Three-Minute Rule
When you have a bright child it can be hard to step back and let the child learn. We are so excited to have a child in our class or in our home who makes connections, thinks deeply and remembers things we … Continue reading
Posted in Early childhood, Education, Gifted children
Tagged Bellevue Discovery, Early Childhood, Preschool education
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The Joy of Math
A parent asked me to look at a computer math game for preschoolers advertised in a recent Huffington Post article. It looks like a high quality product, but educational technology should be used in small doses with young children – if … Continue reading
What Reading is Not
Our Child Study meetings run long during the first weeks of preschool as we reacquaint ourselves with our returning students and get to know our new ones. One thing stood out right away this year: we have a bunch of fluent readers. … Continue reading
Posted in Early childhood, Education, Gifted children, Teaching Reading
Tagged Early Childhood, Education, Learn to Read, Mem Fox, Reading
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Shout Out to our Teachers
Our teachers met last week to put the final touches on our preschool for the new school year. Staff members volunteered between a few hours and more than 100 hours this summer, and it feels great to move into this year with every … Continue reading
Posted in Early childhood, Education, Gifted children, Teaching Reading
Tagged Creativity, Education, Gifted education, Preschool education, Teacher
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Bloom’s Taxonomy for Preschoolers
We’re working on a new website at Bellevue Discovery and the all-volunteer website team asked me to write up some of our children’s projects from the past year. I’ve been meaning to document our Machines Project – I have a … Continue reading
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Tagged Blooms Taxonomy, Education, Learning
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Children Grow
We’re on summer break at the preschool, which gives our staff a chance to work on our facility, organize materials, plan projects for next year, research education issues, and spend time with our families. At my house we got a new dog. … Continue reading
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Tagged Child development, Education, TLC
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Embrace the Nonconformity
I spend my days with normal three, four and five year olds, but their normal is different. I’m the Education Director at a non-profit preschool for highly capable children. If you visit my preschool you might catch the kids acting neurotypical: … Continue reading
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Tagged Early Childhood, Education, Preschool education, Teacher
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