At RCNS we help children learn how to “self-regulate”. The first step to self regulation is awareness of your own body. We took the idea of using an engine as an analogy for the body from “How Does Your Engine Run” by Mary Sue Williams & Sherry Shellenburger. After doing the “Hokey Pokey” or running […]
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One of the most important things we do at RCNS to support emotional development is to provide opportunities for children to solidify their ideas of real and pretend. By encouraging them to try on different roles by pretending to be a Mom, Dad, Baby or Puppy, we help them learn how to take another persons perspective and
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At RCNS we sing for many reasons. Singing is great to teach children rhythm, beat, melody, high and low, and timing, slow and fast. Studies show experience in music helps the brain with mathematical concepts as music is based on math. Song charts are one of the ways we introduce print. Repetitive chorus’ and first
