Kids Garden - Preschool and Child Care Center » News http://www.kids-garden.com Ann Arbor's Multicultural Preschool Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:21:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Kids Garden Is Going Green http://www.kids-garden.com/uncategorized/going-green/ http://www.kids-garden.com/uncategorized/going-green/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:17:47 +0000 Kids-Garden http://kids-garden.com/?p=110 Recycled Art

At Kids Garden we care about the environment and our Earth.  We also believe that it is never too early to start teaching children to have respect for our planet.   Below you will find some examples of how we teach the students to care for our Earth:

  • Recycling
  • Creating recycled art   (as pictured on the right)
  • “No Trash Tuesday”; on this day we ask students to use reusable containers in their lunchbox.
  • Plus, we often discuss ways to protect our planet.
]]> http://www.kids-garden.com/uncategorized/going-green/feed/ 0 New program and curriculum http://www.kids-garden.com/news/multi-cultural-program-and-curriculum/ http://www.kids-garden.com/news/multi-cultural-program-and-curriculum/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:50:36 +0000 Kids-Garden http://kids-garden.com/?p=98 Dear Kid’s Garden Parents,

We’re proud to announce that we are developing a new program and curriculum! Kid’s Garden has always had an especially diverse student body and staff, and we’ve decided to utilize this by developing a way for your children and others to learn geography, intercultural understanding, and foreign languages at a young age.  We feel that the best place to start is with what we know, that is, what your children know. By involving their heritage, language, and culture in our curriculum, our children can at once learn from each other and better appreciate the values and customs they have grown up with.  We start immediately, and we’d much appreciate your help! To begin with, the list attached contains many objects, places, and people that your children interact with on a daily basis. If you child’s native language is not English, or if you’d like to incorporate any other language into their lives, please fill out the translations.  You may either print it and bring the handwritten copy, or simply return this email with the words contained. Through multilingual labels, games, and activities, we are confident that we can expand your child’s vocabulary in a new way! Remember though, this curriculum is not limited to international students – on the sheet attached, there is a small section for you to tell us a little about where you came from, whether you’ve been in Ann Arbor all your life, or whether you’ve come from across the world. We are interested in having all our students teaching, and all our students learning. Everyone can bring both to the table.

In addition, we’ll be taking more field trips and bringing in new guest speakers! All of these will focus on intercultural understanding and education – cultural centers, artists, and storytellers from all over the world will be coming to meet with us.

If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions, please feel free to let us know! We’d love to hear what you think.

We are excited about working with all of you in a new way!

Sincerely,
Kid’s Garden

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