Los Nios News
May 2013 Rock N Roll!
Why doesnt Los Ninos Use Paving or Compressed Rubber in the Playground Like Those Fancy Schools? Our pathways and bike trails are made of Granite Sand.
trail to be filled, there is nothing like hard work. Being helpful is part of the curriculum at LNNS and I intentionally involve the children in my projects. From the journal of the NAEYC, Young Children, If you shield young children from a whole category of activity simply because it is called 'work' and not 'play,' you may be limiting their developmental opportunities. If you invite children to participate in work and p give them many more ways to grow and learn. I am always very careful about adult supervision and the tools we use are designed for children and safety. But with that said, I encourage all parents to involve your children in your daily tasks and special projects at home. There is a lot to learn through work and being helpful gives your children a sense of purpose in the family.
through practice and hard work. The message seems to be: praise your children for their effort, not for their gifts. Good advise for all of us!
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Missing That Important Date?
Why Is The Parking Lot Empty And For Once Im On Time?
Los Nios Nursery School follows the Holiday Calendar of the Cabrillo Unified School District.... within reason! We always have fresh Official LNNS hardcopy Calendars available for you just in case that one from September has fallen under the fridge. And always online@: [Link] m ******
GSand compacts into a great riding and running surface which is relatively inexpensive, very safe and pretty easy to maintain. When children fall on G Sand the surface is loose and gives enough to prevent serious injury. Other, more permanent surfaces look great, but there have been many studies over the years about the safety of rubber, concrete and asphalt play surfaces and it has been found that they can be very dangerous. When children fall, if the surface doesnt have any give injuries (compression fractures, abrasions) to children can be far more severe. Our GSand trails have withstood the tests of time and, though they may not look as nice as other surfaces, at Los Nios we put your childs safety first!
Weve Got Work To Do!
Rumor has it that, several years ago, a family left LNNS because the Director had the children working all the time! I suppose I am guilty, but let me explain: there is nothing more compelling to young children than the clarion call: Weve got work to do! Whether its sand in the yard drain or potholes on the bike
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I have been reading about Nature vs. Nurture again. And it seems that, yes we may be cute (like your child), but the gifted part has come into question lately in some new research. In: Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Beckham, and the Science of Success by Mathew Syed and also in Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck of Stanford. The key is hard work, not natural talent and that all of our children can achieve great things
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Speaking of holidays, calendars and such...we will be closed for Memorial Day Monday, May 27, another CUSD official holiday.
Memorial Day
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When I was young and told my father I was bored he would say, How lucky you are, now you can go outside, lay down on the grass and look at the clouds! Now researchers in England have concluded that he was absolutely right. Dr Teresa Belton, senior researcher at the University of East Anglia's School of Education, interviewed a number of authors, artists and
Los Nios News
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scientists in her exploration of the effects of boredom. The consensus was that boredom had aided their creativity as children calling boredom a creative state. She expressed concern that current cultural expectations that children should be constantly active could hamper the development of their imagination. At LNNS we agree!
Bilingualism Again!
According to several different studies, command of two or more languages bolsters the ability to focus in the face of distraction, decide between competing alternatives, and disregard
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irrelevant information. These essential skills are grouped together, known in brain terms as "executive function." The research suggests they develop ahead of time in bilingual children, and are already evident in kids as young as 3 or 4. While no one has yet identified the exact mechanism by which bilingualism boosts brain development, the advantage likely stems from the bilingual's need to continually select the right language for a given situation. According to Ellen Bialystok, a professor at York University in Toronto and a
leading researcher in the field, this constant selecting process is strenuous exercise for the brain and involves processes beyond those required for monolingual speech, resulting in an extra stash of mental acuity, or, in Bialystok's terms, a "cognitive reserve." I see the immersion program in your childs future.
Percentage change since 1980 in Californias spending on public universities: -13 On prisons: +436
From Harpers Index
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