We say often at The Fessenden School that play is a child’s work. Children at play aren’t just having fun (although they are!), they’re learning. Play is how young children process new information and start to make sense of the world around them. Play is the pre-kindergarten teacher’s most powerful tool. In fact, in a...
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A few weeks ago on this blog, we interviewed a Pre-K teacher here at The Fessenden School about how high-quality pre-kindergarten programs help prepare boys to succeed in kindergarten. She told us that Fessenden’s Kindergarten teachers report back to her that students who come out of our Pre-K program shine in their classes. Does a...
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Is there any good reason to wait until your son is in tenth grade to enroll him in one of the nation’s top secondary boarding schools? After all, most schools accept students starting in ninth grade, so why wait? If your son is in junior boarding school or you plan to send him to junior...
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Interest in single-sex education is on the rise in the United States. For the past decade or so, more and more schools—public and private—have experimented with what was once considered an outmoded idea: that boys and girls are hardwired to learn differently, and therefore, ought to be taught differently, with curriculum and classrooms designed for...
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