Primrose School of Burlington

Aquarium Touch Tank

Today our Pre-K and Summer Adventure Club students got to hang out with some underwater friends from the New England Aquarium. The traveling touch tanks are a great way to bring the ocean into the classroom and give students the opportunity to get up close with these amazing creatures!

Physical Challenge: Parent and Child Exercise Ideas

Whether you’re an infant or an adult, regular exercise is one of the key ingredients to developing physical skills.

STEM Week - Day Four - Mathematics

Today our students were introduced to several different math games! These games encouraged number recognition, sorting, addition, counting, shape recognition, and various other math skills! And of course we all had a blast while playing!

6 Ways to Help Your Preschooler Make Friends

Parents play a major role in helping young children develop a healthy social life.

STEM Week - Day Three - Engineering

For our third day of STEM week we had a special visit from iRobot. The children used their engineering skills to deconstruct robots, investigate how they operate and then rebuilt the robots. The children had so much fun and were able to use tools and explore the technology behind iRobot's products. Thank you iRobot for sharing your robots and educating our children, they loved it!

Snacktivity: Healthy S’Mores

Making s’mores over a fire is an easy warm-weather activity perfect for families.

STEM Week - Day Two - Technology

For our second day of STEM Week, we had a school wide LEGO party! The children explored various LEGO Education sets, brought creations from their imaginations to life, and solved some design challenges. LEGO encourages the ability to visualize three-dimensional objects and the ability imagine and manipulate spatial information in your head. While using LEGO children must analyze what they see, perceive the parts that make up the whole, and figure out how the parts relate to each other. To be really successful, they may also need to think quantitatively -- to count. And it helps if they can imagine what an object would look like from another angle. "Lego's are a good introduction to communicating ideas with physical objects," notes Tiffany Tseng, an engineer in the MIT Media Lab. "Putting things together and taking them apart got me interested in how things work.”

STEM Week - Day One - Science

Science Day: Today for the first day of STEM Week we were joined by Adam and Aaron from Einstein’s Workshop. The children worked in small groups to build propeller cars. Then they worked independently to create rockets. We ended the morning by shooting off each rocket out on the playground! This incredible science visit taught us about the design process, some of the basics of aerodynamics, and other scientific principles.

How Working Parents Can Stay Connected During the Summer

For children, summer is a time for recreation, education and relaxation.

Spring Fling 2019

Thank you to everyone who came to our annual spring fling event last Friday night. We raised $4,358 for the foundation, Save the Children. A special thank you to the faculty who came to support the charity and Ms. Roberts you were a great sport to not only take 1 pie to the face, but 5! It was a great evening!

Career Day 2019

Today we hosted our first ever Career Day in Kindergarten. We were visited by some of our dads, moms, and one of our grandmothers! We learned about what it is like to be an engineer, software designer, artist, scientist, and video game designer!

What Are “QI Skills,” and Why Does My Child Need Them?

There’s no question that parents want their preschoolers to grasp the basics of colors, numbers and letters to foster a lifetime of learning.

Healthy Foods That Keep Kids Hydrated

Even when they’re thirsty, kids don’t always ask for a glass of water.