Monthly Archives: May 2017

Mindfulness in Early Years Education

Relaxation and meditation techniques that are more popular among adults have also been introduced to children through various educational programs to help them better develop their self-awareness and focus.

Mindfulness is an ancient concept rooted in meditation. It was widely introduced at the end of the 1970s by Jon Kabat-Zinn, an American physician who developed mindfulness […]

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The best care in the first 2 years: nanny or creche?

For young parents one of the first difficult decisions about their child will be whether to enroll him/her in a creche, employ a nanny or lengthen the parent’s maternity/paternity leave. As a parent you will undoubtedly consider arguments both pro and anti each option, although emotional aspects seem to outweigh rational ones, especially when the […]

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Green Fair (Popa Soare)

We enjoyed so much celebrating nature together with the occasion of The Green Fair, when all parents were invited to take part at the “green” activities along with their children! Thank you so much for your participation!

All the last week’s activities focused on the environment and “green” issues, in order to help the children connect with the […]

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St. George’s Day

Last week, Early Explorers celebrated St. George’s Day!

It was a great opportunity for all the children to enrich their knowledge about the English culture, learn about the flag of England and find out  interesting stories associated with St. George.

They discussed what it means to be brave like St. George and also compared stories about different […]

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Queen Elizabeth II Birthday

 Children in School Years learnt about The Royal Family, as we celebrated together Queen Elizabeth ll’s birthday!

The children found out that it was her 92nd birthday during the weekend and they learnt why England has a Royal Family and what the Queen does.

In creative, they designed their own dragon, drew a portrait of Queen Elizabeth and […]

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Story Teller: David Howard

Our little ones had a brand new wonderful experience due to our latest Story Teller guest’s visit!

David Howard delighted the children by reading the Avocado Baby story, about a baby who grows to be the strongest member of the family because he loves avocados.

In response to their questions regarding his job, David explained that his […]

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Easter Celebration

A few weeks ago, not only did we conclude the topic on changes and growth, but we also talked about Easter and why people use to celebrate it with eggs!

Due to that, Baby Acorns made eggs from play dough and hunted for eggs hidden around the room, after which they used the rhyme Humpty Dumpty to find out […]

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Green Fair (Aviației)

We enjoyed so much celebrating nature together with the occasion of The Green Fair, when all parents were invited to take part at the “green” activities along with their children! Thank you so much for your participation!

All the last week’s activities focused on the environment and “green” issues, in order to help the children connect with the […]

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Find a Rainbow Day

A few weeks ago, we celebrated Find a Rainbow Day and the children painted rainbows, learned how to perfectly mix colors and found out when we can see rainbows in the sky!

In creative, Shiny Stars painted wonderful rainbows using grass, sticks and leaves instead of brushes.

The Rainbows group made a wonderful rainbow heart and created an ‘ice art race’ by […]

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