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World Heart Day & Health Fair

This year’s first INSPIRATIONAL event – ACORNS HEALTH FAIR combined with WORLD HEART DAY. As usual, in Acorns we take this opportunity to help the children learn more about what it means to be healthy and how to have a healthy heart, both physically and emotionally. Through our charity project with Asociatia Inima Copiilor the […]

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Visit to Medicover Clinic

Every year, in September the children learn about their body, senses and developing healthy habits. They have special corners arranged as clinics, sensory trays with lots of textures and activities to help them be more aware of their bodies.

Related to this, Rainbows went on a visit to Medicover Clinic where they had the chance to […]

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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 […]

By |May 7th, 2017|BLOG, Resources for parents|Comments Off on Mindfulness in Early Years Education

Evaluation in early education

As a parent, you ask yourself many times what career your child will choose and how you’ll be able to help him/her reach their potential.

In order to make sure we make the right decision for our children, experts in education encourage us to reflect on their progress at regular intervals, from birth.

In the first months […]

By |March 10th, 2017|BLOG, Resources for parents|Comments Off on Evaluation in early education

Multicultural Context: how does it influence our children’s future?

Ideas connected to multiculturalism are commonly found in today’s society. Nowadays it is rare to not meet people from different cultures compared to our own, while education of the next generation related to understanding and accepting those around us is recommended to begin from the early years.

Preschoolers are most receptive to this type of education, […]

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Acorns Christmas Fair. Switch on the Lights

December is a month with plenty of happy moments and great excitement in our nursery!

It’s a festive season in Acorns with many Christmassy activities happening in both of our nurseries! Acorns Christmas Fair and switching on the lights on our Christmas Tree are 2 special annual events loved by our children.  It is the perfect […]

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National Day of Romania

National Day of Romania or 1st of December is always a reason to celebrate in our nursery and this year was no exception.

The children learnt about our country and its traditions, they danced to Romanian music and wore traditional Romanian costumes.

The children in Early Years became familiar with the colours of the Romanian flag – […]

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Bonfire Night

One of our traditions is to begin November with this special day celebrated by British people around the world. Baby Acorns had a lot of fun making fireworks footprint art using glitter, paint and happy feet.

Shiny Stars created their own Bonfire display using words such as boom, splash, explode, firework – a good opportunity for […]

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World Animal Day

It was a great day when the children had the chance to talk about their favourite animal, to share with others what it likes to eat, about what kind of care they need. It was a fun day when children brought their favourite animal toy from home, and some of them even brought their pets […]

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