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Tour our preschool today!
• Fun, safe environment
• Small group attention
• Focus on creative learning skills
845-691-8599
Highland Village
Nursery
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44 years of educating our kids
Learning Together, where children explore
the world the way they learn best, through play!
• A happy, safe and caring environment encouraging
a child's physical, creative, and intellectual growth
• Serving children of all abilities
• Early and after care hours available
Kathy Masloski, Director
845-883-5151 40 Park Lane, Highland, NY 12528
LearningTogetherInc.com
AN INTEGRATED PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
By BRIAN PJ CRONIN
W
hen Ginny Figlia started
working at the Howland
Library in Beacon 26 years
ago, there wasn't such a thing as
"youth programming."
"I think once every few weeks
someone came in and did a story
time," she says. "But that was it."
Fast-forward to the Howland
today, where Figlia is the Head of
Youth Services. There's still story
time, but now it takes place a few
times a week for ages as young as a
few weeks old and includes crafts,
songs, and socializing.
Older kids are building with
Legos, learning how to code, wiring
robotics, printing their own 'zines,
and voluntarily tackling complicated
math problems. The place is busier
than ever.
Reading,
writing
and
robots
– Oh my!
