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Preschool
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The focus for our youngest
students in our four-year-old program is on learning through
play. We believe that by allowing children to explore their
world through creative play, their natural sense of curiosity
and wonder will lead them to learn in developmentally meaningful
ways. By guiding young children in participating as responsible
members of a classroom, we introduce them to the social skills
they will need to succeed in school and beyond. We know from our
own years of experience, as well as from volumes of documented
evidence, that young children need a nurturing environment that
emphasizes hands-on play and carefully supervised social
interactions. An over-emphasis on academics at this stage is
developmentally inappropriate and results in stress and
frustration for children. Engaging children so that they love
coming to school and are eager to learn is the surest path to
long-term academic, and lifetime, success. Books we recommend to parents of preschoolers: The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon (3rd edition) by David Elkind The Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children by David Elkind Under Deadman’s Skin: Discovering the Meaning of Children’s Violent Play by Jane Katch They Don't Like Me: Lessons on Bullying and Teasing from a Preschool Classroom by Jane Katch Bad Guys Don't Have Birthdays: Fantasy Play at Four by Vivian Gussin Paley You Can't Say You Can't Play by Vivian Gussin Paley The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter by Vivian Gussin Paley and Robert Coles
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