The Importance of Early Childhood Education

Jane Doe
April 8, 2025
5 min read

Please find below our daily SolBe Family update letter containing helpful resources and exciting projects to explore while we all do our part to stay home during this pandemic. Subscribe here to receive daily updates.April 14, 2020SolBe Families,Here in Boston, we are really in the thick of it. A little Tuesday reminder to be gentle with yourself. We are all doing the best that we can under these circumstances. Post-bedtime, during nap, or even when a child is working on an independent project, be sure to take a few minutes for yourself. A project for parents: Intelligent Change recommends a "gratitude list" to stave away negative thought patterns. Here are a few suggestions:- Get Specific: The more detailed you get with gratitude, the more impactful it will be. Instead of saying, "I am grateful for Mom," say, "I am grateful for Mom's laugh."- Use Negative Visualization: Hear us out on this one before you judge it—Instead of visualizing all the good in your life, imagine it was all taken away. This is an old stoic exercise to help you remember what you love about your life that you're not taking time to be grateful for.- Use Gratitude Categories: Pick a gratitude category for each day of the week. For example, Monday: Gratitude about friends, Tuesday: Gratitude about myself, Wednesday: Gratitude about the world, etc.- Share Your Gratitude With Others: Gratitude is all about the emotion. If you just intellectually THINK about gratitude without feeling, you are receiving little psychological boost. Sharing your gratitudes with others can take the emotion to the next level.Project of the Day for All Ages: Process Learning Veggie Printmaking from Marlo"The child is beheld as beautiful, powerful, competent, creative, curious, and full of potential and ambitious desires."- Valerie HewittAt SolBe, we talk a lot about focusing on "process" and not "outcomes" in all things. Our hope is to create an environment that encourages our kiddies to think outside the box, develop keen problem-solving skills, and be patient/present in their experiences. Our rockstar contributor, Beau Kenyon, wrote a wonderful piece on our blog exploring this principle, "The Value of Process-Based learning." Click here for a deeper insight/understanding!Today, we encourage you to enjoy the process of Veggie Printmaking! There is no defined outcome or focus for the kids, however, through the process of exploring we can reinforce math, composition, creativity, and relatability. See where opportunities emerge to facilitate a deeper level of learning, knowing they can use their imaginations and explore the materials in whatever way they are inspired!

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Jane Doe
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