Written by Lorrie Holmes Can kids develop their artistic skills through Creative Play? Does this include developing skills in music, songwriting, creative writing, drama and dance through play? Here are…

What better way to start your Spring lesson planning than with the tried and true book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which continues to expand into a whole collection of titles…

Interviewed by Lorrie Holmes As Swiss Psychologist, Jean Piaget, once stated, “Knowledge is a consequence of experience.”  There is a lot of truth to this statement and as education continues to…

Written by Kathy Eugster, MA We are learning from the fields of neuroscience and child-development how important it is for parents to play with their kids. That children need many…

Written by Lorrie Holmes – story originally published in BC Parent! We have recently spoken with three child development experts who all agree that children learn best through play. Beginning…

This Valentine’s Day, we have decided to share some Gifts Of Friendship with you told through the voices of these children’s songs. We are starting off with the duo –…

The first thing that struck me when I entered through the front doors of Asland Academy in Vancouver, British Columbia, was the combination of warmth and organization. The structure of this Reggio…

by Lorrie Holmes GIVE AN INJURED, SICK OR ORPHANED MARINE MAMMAL A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE THIS VALENTINE’S DAY WITH A SYMBOLIC ADOPTION. I had so much fun creating this…

So many kids get lice in January and it has nothing to do with their hair type, colour, gender or household income – it happens just after certain times of…