Topic: School Readiness

2024 Fall Garden Storytime

Fall Garden Storytime: Join us to learn more about all the sizes and shapes that pumpkins can grow to be and the many ways this delicious food can be used during this time of year.

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2024-2025 Garden Storytime Series

The 2024-2025 Garden Storytime Series is made up of LIVE storytimes! Our gardeners have a lot of information and resources to share!

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Recording: Zoo Field Trip with Orangutans and Beavers

Zoo Field Trip with Orangutans and Beavers

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Versión en español: “El Sonido de la Seguridad: Forjando vínculos duraderos a través de la creación musical compartida”

Spanish Version of The Sound of Safety will define what happens in the brains of both grownup and child when they make music together (newborns included!), specific musical activities that spark connection, and why shared music making is the ultimate way to communicate the safety children need to feed positive development in the first few years of life.

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Celebrate 60 Years of Head Start at The National Zoo

Let’s celebrate 60 years of Head Start with NHSA at the National Zoo! This will be a delightful lesson designed to support Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF) standards! NHSA and Zoo in the Classroom is a high-energy, interactive experience that include music and movement. It is designed to keep children active, engaged, and thriving….

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NHSA and The National Zoo Field Trips: 2024 – 2025

NHSA and The National Zoo Field Trips are virtual classroom experiences to showcase national Smithsonian treasurers to Head Start students!

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NHSA and The National Zoo Field Trips: 2024 – 2025

NHSA and The National Zoo Field Trips are virtual classroom experiences to showcase national Smithsonian treasurers to Head Start students!

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NHSA and The National Zoo Field Trips: 2024 – 2025

NHSA and The National Zoo Field Trips are virtual classroom experiences to showcase national Smithsonian treasurers to Head Start students!

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NHSA and The National Zoo Field Trips: 2024 – 2025

NHSA and The National Zoo Field Trips are virtual classroom experiences to showcase national Smithsonian treasurers to Head Start students!

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The Sound of Safety: Building Secure Bonds Through Shared Music Making

The Sound of Safety workshop, we’ll define what happens in the brains of both grownup and child when they make music together (newborns included!), specific musical activities that spark connection, and why shared music making is the ultimate way to communicate the safety children need to feed positive development in the first few years of life.

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¡Potenciando las habilidades STEAM a través de la Música!

POSTPONED Programa: ¡Potenciando las habilidades STEAM a través de la Música! Descripción: El enfoque STEM ya forma parte de las actividades en las aulas de educación infantil, pero ¿ha considerado integrar el enfoque STEAM? Los elementos de las Artes apoyan directamente las habilidades que se desarrollan en Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas. La “A” es,…

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Fueling the STEAM Engine with Music

Program: Fueling the STEAM Engine with Music Description: STEM is already on the rotation in early childhood classrooms, but have you considered STEAM? Elements within the Arts directly support skills learned and needed within Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. “A” is truly the secret ingredient as the joy that happens in early shared music making…

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