PHILOSOPHY

Children use their imaginations to express and work through emotions and to interact with the world around them. Encouraging creative talents is a fundamental building block of childhood development, helping to establish skills and confidence that are invaluable as children progress socially and academically. Children’s imaginative powers are essential to problem solving and the development of innovative approaches and resolutions to life’s tasks. Imaginative play is the foundation for future learning.

We encourage children to use their natural curiosity during imaginative play to promote and develop:

• Discovery
• Observation
• Experimentation
• Problem Solving
• Language
• Literacy
• Sorting
• Comparing
• Patterning
• Number sense
• Gross motor skills
• Fine motor skills

MISSION STATEMENT

Our primary mission is to offer a self-paced learning program for preschool children that provides a rich and open environment for children to engage in imaginative play and to bring out their creative genius.

CURRICULUM

Our preschool program is fully licensed by the state of Virginia.  In addition, we have been an accredited program (2006-2011) through the NAEYC,  The National Association for the Education of Young Children, and are currently seeking re-accreditation.  During this process, we will continue to follow the naeyc’s learning standards to ensure that we are providing a developmentally appropriate learning environment for each individual student.  We also borrow from the Creative Curriculum, HighScope, and the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening for Preschool (PALS-PreK) in our daily curriculum planning and assessment.