The children are playing, imagining, and living outside and all the while the gaining real-life skills. Realia (thank you Froebel) refers to real-life objects, environments, or experiences used in education to make learning more meaningful and tangible. In early childhood, realia goes beyond pictur

Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School

20.04.2025

Our Little Red Wagons — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School

What is the best wagon? For us, it has to be this wagon. The Town & Country Little Red Wagon that can! The wagon’s stability, its familiar painted wood, knobby tires, and long metal handle—with just the right amount of resistance and maneuverability—make it more than a tool. It’s a forever

Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School

03.06.2025

Branching Out — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School

At the end of the school year, we celebrate with a family potluck (the food is always good). This shared food is lovingly prepared and bought with careful for others in the community. Children run and play, circling back to the picnic area like little bumblebees, humming along. It is a great way to

Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School

29.09.2025

A Blank Slate — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School

I felt a return of the hopefulness. The frustrations, the tangles of to-do lists, the navigating of relationships between builder, architect, and our own school community all melted away. Our building, not just the physical structure, but our intentions had been seen.

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Water (and Mud) Water Studies — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School

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A Blank Slate — Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School

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