05/21/2026
Earlier this year, LDa Principals Erin & Kim had the opportunity to participate in the BSA Kindergarten program; Kim and Erin visited local kindergarten classrooms to help teach the children about how their communities came to be what they are now through urban planning, architecture, and interior design. After lengthy discussions about what they love in their neighborhoods, what they would like to see, and what they think makes a neighborhood feel like a community - the kids were off to the races, designing their very own communities that aligned with the important elements that they had identified.
Each kindergarten classroom then had the opportunity to display their “community” at city hall. The results of this program are extraordinary special - giving a lens into what the youngest generation understands to be important markers of a thriving community.
“Piloted during the 2017-2018 school year, the BSA’s Kindergarten curriculum provides a two-part interactive lesson to participating classrooms, introducing students to architecture and planning through simple shapes and building types. The curriculum fits within a 10-week unit on construction and the larger year-long Focus on K-2 curriculum developed by BPS and utilized by CPS. Through a guided presentation and hands-on activity, students learn about the various places that make up their city before a hands-on design activity bridging individual student designs with a discussion on neighborhood planning.” - BSA
Swipe through for a preview of these magical communities created by Boston and Cambridge Public School kindergarten classes.✨
