Debbie Sanders
Secretary
Our foremost intentions are:
- To guide and nurture the natural unfolding of the whole child in a developmentally based learning environment
- To promote experiences which allow every child to learn successfully
- To recognize and respect each child as an individual with a unique learning style, disposition and intelligence
- To guide each child in becoming a self motivated life long learner.
Our program is based on the following premises:
- Parents are the most important teachers in a child’s life.
- One of the most important gifts we can give children is to allow them to learn at their own pace.
- Each child deserves full respect. This respect creates an atmosphere where learning is facilitated. If they knew the words, even very young children would ask: "Help me learn to do it myself."
- The best possible curriculum is the one that starts with each child’s singular learning style.
- Children learn best when they are having fun and when they are given choices.
Children need to learn through being and experiencing. - When provided with the appropriate environment and guidance children become completely absorbed in written expression.
- Some of a child’s most important discoveries take place through connecting with nature.
- Listening to the child, acknowledging and valuing his or her unique gifts provide the foundation for successful learning experiences.
- As teachers we provide the most support when we stay in the background, watch, listen, and learn about the child.
- The benefits of learning in a multiage classroom are unlimited. There is tremendous value in children learning from each other.
- When competition is eliminated the child is freed from overstrain, feelings of inferiority, and emotional stress.
- Lifelong self-images are formed by how successful we are in relating to others.
- It is important to develop the whole personality of the child, not merely intellectual faculties, but also powers of deliberation, initiative, and independent choice.
- We are dedicated to creating a genuine love of learning within each child.