Beansprouts Nursery School

Art allows children to show off their creative side. Art can also be used as a form of self-expression, a communication method and supports pre-literacy development. Anyone can be an artist, show us the artist in you! #beansproutsnurseryschool

Our Prospect Park tree study allows our students to gain hands-on experiences, as well as an introduction to the scientific method. #beansproutsbrooklyn #beansproutsnurseryschool

The magic and wonder of flight! #beansproutsnurseryschool #beansproutsbrooklyn

Vehicles, a sand table and great friends. Just a preview into one of our wonderful preschool classrooms! #beansproutsbrooklyn

Need a checkup? Schedule your appointment today. The doctors are in! #beansproutsnurseryschool

The children's natural curiosity about our classroom’s dramatic play kitchen led us to expand upon that interest with an exploration of grocery stores and cooking this month. Our dramatic play area was transformed into the “Apple Seed Market” and the children took turns at the front counter, at the checkout area, and as customers toting baskets of groceries.

One of our 4s artist of the month was Sayed Haider Raza, an Indian artist who became famous for his use of shapes and the ‘bindu’ as the focal point of his art. Friends used color pastels to make a black bindu in the middle-as the point where everything started-before making colorful circles around it. We also made a large fall collage, using leaves we collected from our tree, paint markers, yarn, glitter and cellophane! There were many chants of ‘glitter is my favorite’!

In our 3s class while playing in the block center we connected it to our focus this week; Shadows. We learned how shadows are made and how they change. We learned that we can control the size, shape, the lightness, and the darkness of a shadow too. To examine shadows further we made our own puppets and used a flashlight to experiment with their shadows against paper on a wall.

Happy Hallow-bean!

Join us tomorrow at 3pm for a live sing-a-long with Music teacher Emma!

The feeling when you realize camp is only 200 days away!

Our 39th school year has officially begun!!

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Making best friends at camp!

We're thankful for a wonderful year at Beansprouts! We feel so lucky to have such an incredible home-school community among our teachers, family, and children. See you at camp!!

Today our 4s classes graduated in the big yard. We danced, we sang, and we ate cake! Congratulations to our Beansprouts graduates!! 🎓

Our 4s took a bus trip to visit the art studio of a classmate's parent! We learned about what she does as an artist, and what materials she uses. Friends loved the big brushes that she uses on big canvases! We created huge self portraits, and talked about them as a class

Our 3s class visited the firehouse on 11th Street! The children learned about fire safety, sat in front of the fire engine's steering wheel, and saw what a firefighter looks like in their uniform. We had a great time!

After two weeks in the classroom our butterflies have emerged from their chrysalises! We were all so thrilled to see their wings and watch them move!

Biking with friends in the big yard!

Our very own caterpillars have arrived in our classrooms! The children will be able to observe firsthand the metamorphosis of a butterfly 🦋

Our 4s took a trip to prospect park to visit our class tree! We saw so many beautiful birds in the park and talked about how our tree has changed since we last visited. We also were able to hang our class-made bird feeders!! Thanks to our amazing parent volunteers for making this trip so special

Enjoying this sunny day with a bike ride around the little yard ☀️

Congratulations to our 3s 'Muffin Kid Cafe' grand opening this morning! Our cafe served class-baked blueberry and chocolate chip muffins as well as raspberry and Lemon ice tea to our friends and family

Observing our beansprouts plants at Beansprouts!

Our first day of camp is less than 2 months away! We can’t wait!! Beansprouts Day Camp

Having our families be part of our classroom community is integral at Beansprouts. On this day we welcomed a classmates grandpa into the classroom to tell us about being a firefighter. He shared some stories, answered our questions, and let us try on his fire hat!

Children develop creativity, social skills and fine motor skills with open-ended art projects where they can make choices, use their imaginations, and create with their hands. On Artsy Thursday we celebrate the joy and learning children experience when engaged in creative art making #woyc19