Chicago Toy and Game Fair & Our Black Friday Picks
Our Bennett Day School outing to the Chicago Toy & Game Fair was exciting indeed. We discovered fun, friendship, creativity, ideas for gift-giving, and many acts of kindness. Our students were notably thoughtful and responsible within this very festive environment. One could easily observe the thoughtfulness and adaptability being used by Bennett Day School students…
Digital Citizenship Week and Kids
It is Digital Citizenship Week. At Bennett Day, we use technology as a tool to document our student digital portfolios and to understand how things work. We use technology to build, break, dissect, explore, document, and reflect. We use technology, not to isolate, but instead to facilitate collaboration and human interaction as we foster social…
Springtime Robotics and Green-Screen Event at Bennett Day School
“These are exciting times in the field of early childhood education. Creative teachers are discovering effective ways to offer children a healthy blend of sensory-rich tactile investigations, artistic creativity, meaningful collaborations, and high-tech tools geared toward problem solving and documenting a child’s work/play. The advent of touch-screen interactions allows screen time to be both engaging…
Project Based Learning in Action
Learning happens naturally for young children in many ways. One of the ways our teachers capitalize on student interest is through the process of project based learning. When we talk about this style of learning, children actively collaborate with their teachers in dedicated spaces to build physical structures that will allow them to experience concepts…
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