When you look inside the infant classrooms, you will see a trusting relationship between children, parents and caregivers which creates a rich atmosphere for bonding, exploring and learning.

We start by inviting parents to share everything they know best about their child.  We blend our families' parenting styles with the observations and knowledge base of child development by the caregivers to meet the needs and interests of each individual child.

Toddlers are learning to assert themselves in order to achieve the independence they desire.  They gain this independence through a long process of trial and error.

In our environment, you will find duplicates of many items available to children - two trucks, two baby carriages, two balls or whatever the interesting item of the day is. By doing this, we insure that each child can express "ownership" over the items they choose to play with. By providing toddlers with a safe and secure environment, they feel free to explore their classroom through self-directed play at their own pace.

When you enter the preschool room you will see children busily exploring the various activities found in each learning center.  Each child has the opportunity to choose from the block area, creative center, science area, library, snack center, pet center, listening center, housekeeping center, writing center and math center.  Each activity is child-initiated, child-directed and teacher-supported.  This can be observed in the block area as a child experiments with building ramps and rolling round blocks down it.  A teacher can extend this experimentation by providing additional props, such as cars or long platforms, and by asking open-ended questions, such as "What else could you use to make the ramp taller?"

During your visit you may notice children in the writing center interacting with large colored pencils and paper.   Due to their current interest in writing, the children are experimenting with writing their own names as well as the names of their classmates that have been posted in the writing center.

If the children are hungry when you arrive, you may find them sitting at the snack table, pouring juice from a child-sized pitcher and serving themselves a nutritious snack.

These are but a few glimpses of the myriad of daily activities you would observe while visiting our preschool classroom.