This post was contributed by Su White, director of Quarry Hill School in Middlebury. When the leaders of the Addison County Early Childhood Networks realized that the annual Provider Appreciation event would be cancelled, they sprang to action. How to recognize and thank the hundreds of early childhood teachers and providers in our region who […]
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This essay first appeared in the Addison Independent on April 30, 2020. I’ve never felt much like one of those beautiful, glowing pregnant people. I hear they exist, but as far as I’m concerned those folks are unicorns. It’s hard work growing a human, and if some days I’m a little dull — oh well.
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MiniBury: Tell me about yourself. Jennifer: When I was a kid, my mom would play her favorite music while she worked around the house. Whitney Houston’s “The Greatest Love of All” resonated with me. It wasn’t until years later, and lots of self discovery that I realized why: As a child with a baby brother
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Addison County early childhood educators are pooling together their resources to launch a community arts and crafts project for families stuck at home during the pandemic. Most of the projects can be completed with materials easily found at home. Still, the group is planning to provide donations of art materials for local children over the
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Preschool is practically synonymous with hands-on learning: play dough, finger-paints, mud kitchens, Magna-tiles. For 3- and 4-year-olds, school is all about exploring the physical world, fine-tuning motor skills, making (and cleaning up) a mess, developing social connections. When schools closed last month in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, we wondered, How
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This story was first published in the Addison Independent. BRISTOL — Every day, before they head off to toil on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents in the Mount Abraham Unified School District who’ve been designated “essential workers” drop their children off at Bristol Elementary School. There staff in the district’s Expanded Learning Program
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In order for me to have time and quiet in which to write this column, my husband took all five of our children to ride bikes around their grandparents’ neighborhood. Once upon a time, this would have been a normal occurrence on a Sunday afternoon, but not today. This is the first time I have
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A dispatch from Erin Jones Poppe, mother of 6-year-old Seba and four-year-old twins Lucas and Isaac. MiniBury: In one word, describe how you’re feeling today. Erin: Foggy MiniBury: When are you doing the bulk of your work? Erin: Wednesday mornings, and then whenever I can. MiniBury: What is your kids’ relationship with screens these days?
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Just before our community began to feel the effects of the global pandemic in mid-March, we were busy finishing up our annual Summer Camp Guide. Those days of planning ahead already feel like a lifetime ago. But, summer isn’t cancelled. And many local organizers have told us they are cautiously moving ahead with their plans.
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