Our Curriculum

Our curriculum is deliberately flexible and can be tailored to the needs of each child. Children are encouraged to express their growing autonomy by selecting from a wide range of appropriate materials and activities. As teachers, parents and children help each other to express their feelings, all grow in their sense of self-respect and self-worth.

Academic concepts for the preschool child (i.e. colors, shapes, letters, numbers, same/opposite and general knowledge of the world) are integrated into creative activities and learned through play.

The following activities relate to later academic skills:

Arts and craft projects stimulate fine muscle control required for forming letters and numbers.

Story time and music programs encourage listening skills and memory association.

Sports and games encourage following simple directions as well as provide large muscle exercise.

Field trips and fantasy play foster a child’s initiative and creativity.

The daily schedule is unhurried, non-competitive and loving. The children join in songs and stories during circle time, complete art projects, experience a science or nature project and enjoy free play with sand toys, riding toys and climbing equipment.

Individual differences are acknowledged and children are not pushed to conform to developmental timetables.

When it comes to a child’s learning, the process of what the child does is always more important than the product.