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Creating a Tranquil, Open, Organized School Environment: Reflections from The Nest’s Second Annual Educator Retreat
The Nest Educator Retreat has become an annual event that kicks off each new school year. During pre-planning, all educators travel together for an overnight experience of hard work and good fun! This year we traveled to Dahlonega where we shared a lovely house in the woods and dinner together in charming downtown Dahlonega. We […]
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March, 2014 “The pleasure of learning” (a phrase that was coined by Loris Malaguzzi, the founder of the Reggio Emilia approach) seems to be the foundation of much of the thinking done by the educators in Reggio. Everything is connected to the idea of creating pleasure in learning—parent participation, fields of knowledge, a rich environment, […]
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At The Nest, we periodically have Open Houses for prospective families. These are an opportunity for prospective families to visit the school, learn more about our approach to early childhood education, and ask those burning questions about who we are and what we do! For the 2014-2015 school year, The Nest Open House dates are: […]
Read more about 2014-2015 School Tours/Open HousesAnticipating “The Wonder of Learning”: Creating Strategies for Teachers to Encounter the Exhibit
“What is unique about human learning is its dedication to possibility. When we human beings learn, the act of learning carries us beyond what we have encountered and propels us into the realm of the possible. The human learning process is not simply about acquiring knowledge about what we have encountered: it is dedicated to […]
Read more about Anticipating “The Wonder of Learning”: Creating Strategies for Teachers to Encounter the ExhibitNest Fest was a Huge Success Because of YOU!
As a not-for-profit organization, The Nest Nursery School plans fundraising events to offset expenses and build an exceptional educational progam. On Saturday night, November 16 the school held its 2nd annual benefit concert and auction. The Nest Fest was a wonderful success thanks to our whole school community, our friends and family that came out […]
Read more about Nest Fest was a Huge Success Because of YOU!The Value of Educators’ Relationships with One Another
School is a place of great social potential – a place where children learn how to be with other people, how to communicate, and how to be themselves in relation to others. For very young children, this kind of learning comes naturally. From birth and throughout the period of early childhood, children are eager to […]
Read more about The Value of Educators’ Relationships with One AnotherThe Fig Tree – A Graduation Story
When I was a child, my grandmother had a huge fig tree. It was very tall and wide. It had branches that formed a little copse that my cousin and I could crawl into and hide. Underneath the fig tree it was always cool and shady. The roots were big and smooth and the earth […]
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