Meet the two New Yorkers who are starting preschool for adults
A Lapidos
is a part-hippie, part-four-year-old devoted to seeing adults break out
of their routines and rediscover the “magic” of childhood. It is one of
the reasons that Lapidos, 30, is starting a preschool for adults.
Anyone older 18 can enroll in Lapidos’s Preschool Mastermind, a
month-long course where adults can carry out activities like
finger-painting, show-and-tell, nap time, or a class picture day.”
B Lapidos, who in 2013 started a skipping club in
Brooklyn, says she’s always looking for new ways to get people in touch
with the freedom of childhood. “Adults are in this routine, this
stagnation, and by tapping into
the ‘play’ part of our brains by skipping or doing the things that we
did in preschool, we’re bringing ourselves back to another place,
another time with ourselves, maybe when we were more believing of
ourselves, when we were more confident and ready to take on the world.
And I want to nourish that in people,” Lapidos says.
C Candice
Kilpatrick, who is her teaching assistant, has a master’s degree in
teaching. Adults can relearn and master things that they failed to
understand as children, Kilpatrick explains, offering the example of
“bilateral integration skills” (being able to perform tasks with both
sides of your body simultaneously). “Using both sides of the body at the
same time is like stair steps; you master this level, then you go to
the next level. “Maybe your life would be more enhanced if you did go back,” she says, expounding on the possibilities of their novel program. If Lapidos is the dreamer in this project, Kilpatrick is the grounded realist. But their outlook on life is determinedly rooted in optimism.
D The price of the course ranges from $333 to $999, excluding art-supply, snack-day, and class-trip expenses.
Classes will be held at night once every week in Lapidos’s home-office
“play space” in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Beyond getting adults to reconnect
with their four-year-old selves, Lapidos and Kilpatrick want Preschool
Mastermind applicants to be “stuck” people who are seeking a new way of approaching life.
E Kaufman, who has himself waxed nostalgic
about the magic of preschool, says introducing that childhood ritual to
adults could actually be valuable. “Allowing adults to break free of
their critical thinking and ordinary experience can jolt them
into a new awareness that changes their perspective and allows for
greater insights.” With their brains and a lot of optimism, the two
women are ready to spark creativity in a class of ten students. “It’s
New York. You take any type of adventure you want in New York, and now
you can go back to preschool!” Lapidos declares.
Adjusted to (1)
tapping – poklepávání
enhanced – zlepšený, zvýrazněný
expound – vysvětlit
stuck – uvíznutý, zaseknutý
waxed – stat se, přibývat
jolt – otřást, trhnout, cuknout
1) Read the article and match each of the headings to a paragraph.
1 Kilpatrick thinks people should go back
2 Adults can break free in New York
3 Prise and content of the classes
4 A month-long preschool for adults
5 Adults need to break free
2) Read the article and answer the questions.
1 What is Lapidos’s job?
2 Why did she decide to do that?
3 Who is her partner? What are her opinions?
4 What do they say about the course?
5 How can life of enrollers change after attending the course?
3) Explain the following words and phrases.
1 nap time
2 skipping club
3 dreamer in this project
4 class-trip expenses
5 seeking a new way of approaching life
4) Answer the following questions.
What is leisure time? How can adults spend it? What are ways of spending leisure? Why is active leisure important? What is the biggest problem concerning a valuable spending of free time?
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CHIDINMA NWOYE, Irene. Meet the two New Yorkers who are starting preschool for adults. The Village Voice [online].
2015 [cit. 2015-09-20]. Available at:
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/meet-the-two-new-yorkers-who-are-starting-a-preschool-for-adults-6686092
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