At Little Sunshine’s Playhouse & Preschool, our Creatively Shine™ curriculum this month, “Can You Build It? Discovering STEAM Through Construction”, is all about encouraging hands-on exploration and critical thinking. By integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM), we’re helping children unlock their inner builders and innovators. To help you nurture creativity and curiosity at […]
At Little Sunshine’s Playhouse & Preschool, our Creatively Shine™ curriculum theme, “Celebrations Around the World,” explores how different cultures celebrate through unique traditions, decorations, and festivities. To help you bring this theme to life at home, we’ve designed a fun, hands-on project that your child will love: Celebration Lanterns!
Every culture has its own way of marking special moments—whether through music, food, storytelling, or vibrant festivals. At Little Sunshine’s Playhouse & Preschool, our Creatively Shine™ curriculum this month, “Celebrations Around the World,” introduces children to the joy and diversity of global traditions.
To help parents bring this theme home, we’ve curated a list of ten classic children’s books that encourage imaginative play, creativity, and the joy of reading. These books are not only delightful to read but also provide valuable lessons and themes for young readers.
The theme for June is “Magic in Motion: Exploring Science Through Sports and Movement.” Here is our list of 10 books that support our monthly curriculum theme.
Our Reggio Emilia-inspired curriculum, Creatively Shine™, consists of fun, engaging monthly themes like “Music & Movement” and “Sports & Gaming. The theme for April is “Every Child is an Artist.”
If you have been around our blog, school campuses, or social media pages, you likely will have noticed our love for the Reggio Emilia Approach to learning. We have based our program on this emergent curriculum, and the results are excellent.
Should preschoolers have homework? Are there benefits? Does it make them “competitive” as students? This article looks at both sides of the argument, but explains why the educators at Little Sunshine’s Preschool decide not to assign homework to preschoolers and those in our pre-K program.
After receiving hundreds of nominees throughout the year and a ton of great feedback from families on the Teacher of Year Nominees, we are pleased to announce Ms. Jessica as the 2022 LSP National Teacher of the Year.