Early Childhood Learning Lab at Boston University

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Early Childhood Learning Lab Scholarship Fund - Boston University Giving Day The Early Childhood Learning Lab (ECLL) is an open enrollment preschool located in the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Its purposes are to provide an exemplary play-based education for children ages 2.9 to 5 years, and to serve as a pre-practicum site for Boston University’s Ear...

Curriculum highlights from this past week:
A fall time tradition at the ECLL is the planting of daffodil bulbs in the outdoor garden beds. These flower bulbs were closely examined by the children this week.

Children shared their observations…
“This one has leaves on it,” said Pryce.
“This one doesn’t have any leaves,” observed Emmeline.
“There’s something inside here! It’s white,” Pryce said noticing the papery outer layer of the bulb coming off.
“This one’s pretty big. It’s bigger than all the others,” Emmeline said.
“I’m making a bulb shape,” Fiona said while drawing, “It’s pretty tricky.”
“It feels bumpy,” said Krish

We read a non-fiction book, “From Bulb to Daffodil,” and found out that after being underground all winter, these bulbs would sprout and grow daffodil flowers in the spring! Some children did observational drawings and everyone was eager to engage in the process of planting the bulbs. Children talked about the life cycle of daffodil flowers and what plants needed to grow.