Infant Toddler Room

Our infant toddler program has two primary philosophical influences:
RIE ( Resources for Infant Educators) and the schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy.

The RIE philosophy was founded by Magda Gerber and Dr Tom Forest. The foundation of RIE is respect for the child and their family. The belief that each child is a unique individual who develops at their own pace and in their own way and deserves our respect is the cornerstone of our program philosophy

Our program is inspired by the schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. We recently began to dig more into our study of these schools and their enormous impact on the field of early childhood education worldwide. We have explored and embraced many of their central tenants; an image of a strong and capable child, parents as partners in the educational programming, attention to the environment as the third teacher, the practice of communicating through documenting our research and children’s work, and the teacher as a co-researcher with the children.

We are always engaging in exploring and deepening our understanding about how these central ideas and incorporated within our program-

3-5 Group Childcare

Our 3-5 Group care rooms are saturated in philosophy that embraces the image of a child that is capable, and that is a co explorer in their education.

Our 3-5 rooms incorporate the following in to their programs:

A SCHOOL READINESS FORMAT
-Full use of the Ministry of Educations’ Early Learning Framework.
-Program development, which includes a “whole” perspective of the child and builds on emotional, social and spiritual connections

-Facility fosters feeling of reassurance in educational surroundings -Literacy focused programming

SUPPORT SKILLS KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES FOR LIFE BY
-Acknowledging the ‘whole child”; cognitively, spiritually, emotionally, socially, physically, and developmentally
-Incorporating the ‘whole child” within the framework of learning
-Empowering natural interests and curiosities
-Building empathy
-nurturing emotional intelligences to flourish a positive self-concept
-Installing values of life long learning
-Creating an understanding of the community and the importance of unity.

Before/After School Care

Our Before/After school program provides care for children whom are school age. We offer a program that supports growth and development based on the children’s interest and needs. The philosophy of the program is that children learn best through purposeful play-based experience that fosters and supports vision. Programming is done on a daily basis, based on the needs and interests of the children. The children learn and master through activities and learning opportunities provided for them. This is done in various learning areas. Quality Before and After School care is a triangle of programming in which education and recreation is woven with care. This triangle of programming allows children to increase and build essential skills that they need to become adults.