Guided by BFS Head of Preschool Maura Eden’s exceptional vision and connection to its growth, the Preschool is partnering with Bank Street College’s Lesley Koplow, Director of Emotionally Responsive Practice (ERP). Emotionally Responsive Practice, or ERP, has been a foundation supporting the growth of our Preschool students and colleagues for the past four years. […]
“The concept of intellectual risk-taking applies not just to the students but to the teachers. We want the kids to do the work, but we need to be doing it ourselves.” Head of Preschool Maura Eden was explaining the deep process by which she and the teachers conceive and carry out curricular changes […]
Visit the second floor at 375 Pearl Street and you might wonder what that strange looking tower glowing with light is all about. The children will tell you they are growing edible plants such as cherry tomatoes, beans, lettuce, nasturtiums, peas, spinach and basil in an aeroponic garden tower they have named Greeny. In the […]
