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A kindergarten teacher’s idea of a calm start, opened in 2014 next to the library branch in Westmorland.
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A kindergarten teacher’s calm start
Laura Jensen opened Little Acorns in 2014 in a small building next to the Westmorland library branch, with a fenced playground behind it.
She built the day around that building: lunch and snacks cooked on site, and the afternoon report that tells parents how the day went.
The rooms are small on purpose. Eight children with two teachers means a morning can move at the pace of the children in it, and that a bumped knee gets noticed while it is still small.
Children who started here as infants now count, draw and tell long stories in the preschool room. That is still the point.
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Small rooms, always
Eight children and two teachers per classroom, whatever the day brings.
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Outside, every day
Children play in the fenced playground behind the building, rain or shine.
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Tell parents the truth
The daily report says what happened, including the short nap and the bumped knee.