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Author: Rhian Allvin For more than 20 years, neuroscience has confirmed what parents, grandparents and early childhood educators have suspected for a long time. The first five years of life are the most profound period of brain development in the human lifespan. In these years infants, toddlers and preschoolers develop the synaptic connections and foundations for learning and development. This includes their language, cognitive, social, emotional and physical attributes. In fact, a child’s brain at age five is 90% the size of an adult brain. To make the most of this extraordinary time of development, children need to have experiences

Author: Erika Christ Brynmor Early Education & Preschool will be located in buildings P1 and P3 at Lorton’s Liberty Market. A brand-new, privately owned early childhood education center is slated to open at Liberty Market in Lorton this fall. Brynmor Early Education & Preschool is the brainchild of Rhian Allvin, a leader in early education who spent nearly nine years as chief executive officer of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). She decided to launch her own company to address what she saw as three critical deficits: a lack of childcare for children up to age five, a lack

Lorton, VA – New high quality child care is coming to Fairfax County, Virginia in the fall of 2023.  Brynmor Early Education & Preschool (Brynmor) will open its doors to children six weeks through five years of age at the newly redeveloped Liberty Market in Lorton.  There are more than 1000 children birth to five within ten minutes of Lorton, VA without access to child care.   At a time of uncertainty in the American child care industry, Brynmor’s vision is to bring reliable, high quality early childhood education that is within reach for every child, family and community. The company