Education & Literacy – Truro Preschool & Kindergarten

November 9, 2026

What Do Children Learn in the Building Center?

The block and construction center is a place where children become designers, builders, problem-solvers, and storytellers. As they plan and build structures, children explore balance, stability, shapes, size, position, measurement, and cause and effect. They develop spatial awareness and fine- and gross-motor skills while practicing creativity, flexible thinking, communication, and cooperation. When a tower falls, […]

November 2, 2026

What Do Children Learn in the Math Center?

Preschool mathematics is most meaningful when children can touch, move, build, and talk about it. In the math center, children use manipulatives, games, puzzles, blocks, and everyday objects to explore numbers, quantities, patterns, shapes, measurement, sorting, and spatial relationships. They may count objects, compare groups, create patterns, identify shapes, represent numbers, or solve simple problems […]

October 26, 2026

What Do Children Learn in the Science Center?

Young children are naturally curious about the world around them, and the science center gives that curiosity room to grow. Children observe, investigate, predict, compare, classify, measure, experiment, and ask questions as they explore topics such as plants, insects, animals, water, light, weather, magnets, and the human body. They learn that unexpected results are not […]

October 19, 2026

What Do Children Learn Through Art?

Preschool art is about much more than producing a finished product. In an open-ended art experience, children experiment with materials, make choices, revise plans, and try again. Paper, paint, glue, scissors, playdough, clay, stamps, tape, collage materials, and drawing tools offer children opportunities to strengthen fine-motor skills and hand-eye coordination while exploring color, shape, texture, […]

October 12, 2026

What Are the Benefits of Dramatic Play?

Have you ever watched a preschooler turn a few simple props into a restaurant, doctor’s office, grocery store, or airport? Dramatic play offers children a powerful opportunity to use their imagination, language, creativity, and social skills as they pretend and explore familiar experiences. As children take on different roles, they practice communicating, taking turns, negotiating, […]

October 5, 2026

What Are Learning Centers, and Why Do They Matter?

Have you ever wondered what your child is learning while they play in a preschool classroom? At TPK, learning centers are intentional, themed areas where children explore, create, and learn through hands-on play. From dramatic play and art to science, math, building, literacy, writing, and sensory exploration, each center provides opportunities to develop important skills […]

September 28, 2026

How Do Children Learn Through Play?

In preschool, play is not simply a break from learning; it is one of the primary ways young children learn. Through purposeful, hands-on experiences, children build relationships, solve problems, communicate ideas, make choices, and make sense of the world around them. Classroom centers offer children opportunities to explore their interests, practice emerging skills, and learn […]

March 19, 2020

Learning at Home: Creating a Schedule for Your Family

In my home today, we are all working from home: my husband is on telework, I’m working on things for the Preschool while we’re closed, and our sixth grader is suddenly homeschooling. And we are trying to figure out how to make it all work. It’s a process right now, but our homeschooling friends have […]

February 28, 2019

“Books and Cooks” – Kitchen Fun With Kids

Looking for a fun family activity for a weekend or a snow day? Spending time together in the kitchen has many benefits. It creates a fun and engaging activity for your child to explore language, math and science in a practical way with an edible outcome! It encourages your child to try new foods, and […]

February 1, 2019

Current Trends in Children’s Books

Last week we talked about classic children’s literature and the stories that have stood the test of time. I’m a huge fan of kids’ books from picture books up to YA, and I’m enjoying some current trends in books for children. Here are a few new(ish) and notable titles for read-alouds and for early readers. […]