The foundation of the philosophy at Lincoln Nursery School is the importance of play, the means by which children explore and question their ideas and thinking. During each and everyday within the studio children are unwittingly
On January 23, 2018, sixteen kindergarten teachers and administrators from Nanjing China, participating in Early Childhood Education Professional Development: STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) Integrated Early Childhood Education came on campus with Yvonne Liu-Constant,
An assortment of white, silver and clear beads of various shapes and sizes were offered at the round table. The children used sparkly, silver pipes cleaners to make icicles, jewelry for animals, bandages to fix broken
Several of the children had begun playing with the train tracks and trucks, they were working on their own ideas, with no discussion of plans or ideas between them. Suddenly Jonah cried out “There’s danger!” What?
Caroline has discovered that she can fit her body through these holes in the table. She has tried this for several days in a row. Caroline announces, I can go through this. After a third day going
We began laying out the big gray felt sheet and the smaller blue rectangle that are used in our “face game” in the middle of the floor, along with a basket of rectangles of felt that
A simple game can bring such joy and reveal our thinking! During transitions to the rug we have been playing different games with the children. This week we invited them to play the game on
Last week, we presented the children with a collection of handmade tools. In small groups we invited them to examine the objects and choose one to draw from observation. We wondered together, WHAT COULD THEY
Last Monday, Diane began work with a small group of three: Chester, Maren, and Brooke. She invited them to create a video about how to build a catapult. The children decided that they want the video
“I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have never really seen…” –Frederick Franck An object, brought back from an adventure in the woods, is currently the focus of our observational drawing. As we
