Centers
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director It’s amazing how much our Preschoolers learn while “just” playing in centers! In the Writing Center, a child... Practices using various writing implements – pencils, crayons, markers, stencils, [...]
Gross Motor Activities
by Jennifer Landrieu, Director Gross motor refers to large muscles in our body (legs and arms), the same way that fine motor refers to small muscles in our body (hands). Running, jumping, [...]
Week of the Young Child
by Jennifer Landrieu, Director The National Association for the Education of Young Children is dedicated to excellence in early childhood education and in their efforts to educate others, created the “Week of [...]
Grandparent’s Week
by Jennifer Landrieu, Director We have the best group of grandparents at the North Branch Reformed Church Preschool! This week is "Grandparent's Week" and our Preschoolers invited their grandparents to join them [...]
Dental Health
by Jennifer Landrieu Our Preschoolers learned all about keeping their teeth healthy when Dental Hygienists, Donna and Danielle, visited our classrooms. It's recommended that a child should visit the dentist within six-months [...]
What is the dynamic tripod?
by Kim Sodano How children learn to grip their pencils will help them with the fine movements needed for writing. There are other ways to grip a writing utensil but the dynamic [...]
Asthma-Friendly School
by Jennifer Landrieu The North Branch Reformed Church Preschool is pursuing a certification to become an “Asthma-Friendly School.” This is a relatively new program through the American Lung Association, with only one [...]
How to Choose the Right Preschool
by Jennifer Landrieu For the last month, I’ve been happily taking prospective parents on tours of our school, showing them our facilities, telling them about our program, and discussing our policies. If [...]
Father’s Saturday
by Jennifer Landrieu We opened the Preschool doors to over 125 smiling preschoolers and their dads this weekend. The children invited their dads to spend an hour with them at the Preschool [...]
Accommodating Allergies
by Jennifer Landrieu The North Branch Reformed Church Preschool is proud to offer a nut-free, allergy safe school The number of children with food allergies is growing at an alarming rate and [...]