We end the school year with a short reflection on this year from Natalie Ehalt, our program manager. We are closed for Summer Break from June 15 - July 15, and start summer camps in August. On the last day of school, it’s fun to pause to reflect back on one of my favorite activities at Joyce: popping into the...
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Category Archives: Early Childhood Education
This post on oral literacy is written by Teacher Thressa Johnson, a lead teacher at Joyce Preschool. Watch this video. Seriously. I’ll wait. These twins’ speech patterns mirror adult speech patterns. They take turns talking, change their intonations to express different feelings, and use facial expressions and hand gestures to show their ideas in addition to telling them. These characteristics...
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This post on kindergarten readiness is written by Natalie Ehalt, Joyce Preschool’s program manager and a former classroom teacher. As the school year gets fully underway, many thoughts, images, and emotions fill my heart and mind. At the center of them all is a question parents ask all the time: what does it mean for a child to be kindergarten...
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