Our Philosophy is based on Developmentally Appropriate Practice (Based on the work of Piaget, Vygotsky, Erickson and others.)
Principle
Practice
Children learn best when their physical needs are met and they feel psychologically safe and secure.
Discover & Share respects children's biological needs. For example, children are not developmentally ready to sit and attend to paperwork or listen to adult lectures for long periods of time. We call for active play and periods of quiet, restful, activity. The environment is safe and secure where everyone is accepted.
Children construct knowledge.
Knowledge is constructed as a result of dynamic interactions between the individual and the physical and social environments. In a sense the child discovers knowledge through active experimentation. Central to experimentation is making constructive errors that are necessary to mental development. Children need to form their own hypotheses and keep trying them out through mental actions and physical manipulations - observing what happens, comparing their findings, asking questions, and discovering answers - and adjust the model or alter the mental structures to account for the new information.
Children learn through social interaction with other adults and other children.
The best example of adult /child interaction is the teacher-child relationship. The teacher encourages and fosters relationships with peers and other adults by supporting the child in his or her efforts to emulate success in others. Another example is 2 yr olds learning to potty. Watching classmates facilitates learning.The teacher's role is one of supporting, guiding, and facilitating development and learning.
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