THE VALUE OF RISK In the introduction of her article, “The Role of Risk in Play and Learning,” in the Community Playthings online magazine, Collage, Joan Almon observes… “Real play […]

Edgewater Preschool of Long Beach went to Pretend City in Irvine last week. The children explored and played in different areas of the “city”, including the fire station, construction area, dentist […]

The children had the privilege of an up close and personal experience with two of our very own parent firefighters! The children were able to try on the fire fighters’ […]

Purple, red, and pink could be seen in each classroom the last 2 days, as the children painted stumps, cooked their scrambled eggs and explored in pink goop! Today, we […]

Shared from Exchange Everyday Check out the video, Now Playing.  This video explores the importance of play to the health and well being of individuals, families, communities, and society as a […]

We came across this article and wanted to share.  This is a reinforcement of why a hands on curriculum is appropriate for young children (0-8yr old). http://truthabouteducation.wordpress.com/2014/03/06/the-disturbing-transformation-of-kindergarten/ “If we teach […]

Here is a look into how we include STEM concepts in our everyday activities at Edgewater Preschool. The integration of STEM across various activities encourages our children to think in […]

One of the joys of working in a preschool is hearing the amazing conversations children have with other children and teachers.  We will post these every so often, this particular one was […]