Posted on June 22, 2009 by E.W. Spider
Fuji Kindergarten is in Tachikawa (just outside Tokyo), and the designers decided to challenge the understanding of what a kindergarten should look like.
For starters, part of the playground is the circular roof. Also, there are no walls between the classrooms.
Said architect Takaharu Tezuka on the design of this innovative kindergarten, “We’re breaking a few rules [...]
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Posted on July 12, 2008 by E.W. Spider
I praise and encourage my 3- and 4-year-olds with high fives. For every high five, I send them galloping back to mom or dad to get a great big hug.
Just once today and with no planning, I told the kids to get a great big tickle from mom or dad.
Tickle, tickle, tickle!
Enormous piles of giggles [...]
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