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Eye on UMSL: An international welcome

UMSL Global team members kicked off Global Triton Welcome, a weeklong orientation to help new international students get acclimated ahead of the spring semester.

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Eye on UMSL: A ‘very hungry’ celebration

Eye on UMSL: A ‘very hungry’ celebration

Preschool children at the University Child Development Center performed a reenactment of the iconic children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” last Thursday.

Eye on UMSL: Making music

Eye on UMSL: Making music

Music education students teach a new song to 4- and 5-year-olds at the University Child Development Center as part of the Early Clinical Experience in Schools course.

Eye on UMSL: Book lovers

Eye on UMSL: Book lovers

Young readers Caroline and London show off summer selections from the newly installed Little Free Library on UMSL’s South Campus.

Eye on UMSL: Ice cream

Eye on UMSL: Ice cream

University Child Development Center classmates Colin McGuire (left) and Gannon Crangle (right) top off their ice cream desserts with help from their respective grandmothers while Radley Bergfeld awaits his turn.

Do you see what I see?

Do you see what I see?

Children in the two-year-old “Explorers” class at the University Child Development Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis examine their newly planted apple tree with the help of Carol Usery, a horticulturist in the grounds department at UMSL. The students assisted Usery on Wednesday (April 18) with planting an apple tree in the center’s garden. The planting was part of a lesson to demonstrate to the class where their food comes from, said Pam Daniel, lead teacher for the class. (Photo by Jack Crosby)

Music students perform for UCDC preschoolers

Music students perform for UCDC preschoolers

After a lesson on music, preschoolers at the University Child Development Center received a spontaneous concert from University of Missouri–St. Louis music students. When students in the Discoverers class returned from their motor skills lesson, they were surprised by a string quartet who were there to perform for the two-and-a-half to 4-year-olds.

Child center undergoes facelift in new year

Child center undergoes facelift in new year

Children returning from winter break were greeted by more than smiling teachers at the University Child Development Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Eye on UMSL: Sensory bath

Eye on UMSL: Sensory bath

Preschooler Maeve tries her hand at the sensory table Thursday at the University Child Development Center while...