Deerness Valley Nursery
Why have we added Froebel to our description?
Previously on the website and on social media our short description often included "Montessori and Reggio inspired" These are both...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Nov 6, 2020
- 4 min
Counting and why it is important
When it comes to mathematical skills for young children one of the most important, and most under-valued, is the skill of counting. There...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Oct 1, 2019
- 2 min
The value of play (spoiler alert - it's very valuable)
Decades of research has shown that play is crucial to physical, intellectual, and social- emotional development at all ages.
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Sep 6, 2018
- 2 min
Thoughts on Children and Childhood, Part 2: John Dewey
Who was John Dewey? He was born in Vermont in 1859. Originally he was a student of philosophy, then after marrying Alice Chipman, he...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Jun 24, 2018
- 4 min
Thoughts on Children and Childhood - Part 1: Where do we come from?
In order to properly explore education today, we need to place it within an understanding of what education used to be like in our...
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