OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT...CENTERS

When you see your children at play in our classroom they are really at work. The following will showcase the opportunities that our LEARNING ENVIRONMENT provides.

Through Blocks a Child:

• Has the opportunity to use large muscles to lift, carry & stack

• Chooses sizes & shapes

• Learns to make decisions

• Engages in conversations

• Learns to collaborate with others

• Recognizes the rights of others

• Learns to put materials away

Through Art a Child:

• Can enjoy the sensory experience of seeing & feeling

• Has the opportunity to think through processes

• Has outlets for emotional tensions & frustrations

• Enjoys manipulation through rolling, squeezing, pounding, pushing & pulling

• Creates things & names products

• Enjoys stories about products

• Experiments with color

• Discovers intersting, innovative ideas

• Has the opportunity for social interactions Through Dramatic Play a Child:

• Simulates life experiences

• Develops muscular coordination by manipulating different materials

• Learns to cooperate with others

• Reveals thoughts & attitudes through conversation