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Meridian Hills Cooperative Reading Celebration with Kids Ink
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Reading Celebration: Celebrating 60 Years with 60 Books!

We welcome everyone to share in our love of reading during our annual Reading Celebration. Show support for a wonderful local business while helping us fill up the school’s library with books from our teachers’ WISH LIST of 60 books!  Kids Ink Children’s Bookstore is partnering with our beloved teachers, Mrs. Foley, Mrs. Cook, and Mrs. Yordy, to stock our […]
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Job Opening Kindergarten Spanish Teacher
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Immediate Opening: Kindergarten Spanish Teacher

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Messy Play (they don't grow out of it)
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Messy Play (they don’t grow out of it)

Messy play--sometimes you plan it and sometimes it just happens. And I remembered why it was important: social and emotional development, physical development, sensory input all happened in a few minutes. But there were days when I cringed. Days where I had just cleaned up one mess only to find another.
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One Family's Co-op Experience at Meridian Hills Cooperative
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A 5th Year Family’s Experience & How To Enroll

Now in the middle of our family’s fifth year at the school, we can’t say enough about what Meridian Hills has meant for our children or for us as parents. The teachers at Meridian Hills offer an environment where children are free to be themselves as they play and explore, educating them in ways that are developmentally appropriate and, because of the small class sizes, catering to who they are as little learners.
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Aggression and the Preschooler
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Aggression and the Preschooler

Sometimes they reach the end of their language skills. And patience. The play suddenly turns sour with negative physical interactions, which is every bit of typical and normal for preschoolers. It’s no fun to be the parent of the child that was hurt--and it can be embarrassing to be the parent of the child that was the aggressor. What can you do at home to work through aggressive behavior?
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We have openings in our classes
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Current Openings In Our Classes

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Job Opening for Kindergarten Teacher
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Job Opening: Kindergarten Teacher

We are hiring a Kindergarten teacher for the 2020-2021 school year. Position Summary: Meridian Hills Cooperative Nursery School and Kindergarten was established in 1960 and the Kindergarten in 2003. It is a non-profit organization where teachers and parents work together to create appropriate programs so that our children grow and thrive emotionally, intellectually, and physically. The Kinderbird Classroom Teacher would […]
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Feelings
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Naming What You Are Experiencing

From our Director, Christine Wise. I came across my copy of the wonderful Feeling Wheel, developed by Gloria Willcox. It’s a great way to drill down and put a name to what you’re experiencing. It’s a tool I used a lot when my kids were little, and likely something I’ll be bringing back out now that we’re all at home […]
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Meridian Hills Cooperative Reopening Policy for 2020-2021
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Meridian Hills Cooperative Reopening Policy for 2020-2021

The Board of Directors and staff of Meridian Hills Cooperative Nursery School & Kindergarten have formed a policy to reopen our school starting in September 2020. These policies and practices will be in place starting August 1, 2020 for any and all gatherings at the school and field trips offsite. We are following the guidelines of Marion County Health Department, […]
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Kinderbirds Class Project: Let’s Create a Movie!

Through an emergent curriculum our Kinderbird teacher, Bes Neal, is able to explore the ideas and interests of her students. In the fall of 2019, her Kinderbird class was able to explore their interest in movie making. First, the kids spent time learning about making movies and created storyboards full of ideas and reasons why they wanted to make a […]
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I love watching both my own child and the other children grow and mature over the year. It is so fun to have a lot of the same children in the class from the prior year.

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