Our Philosophy

We follow the Developmentally Appropriate Practice Model
(DAP). This refers to providing an environment and offering content, materials,
experiences, activities, and methodologies that are coordinated with a child's
level of development and for which the child is ready. Appropriate practice
encompasses three dimensions of appropriateness: age appropriateness, individual
appropriateness, and cultural appropriateness. In DAP, children are the
initiators of activity and teachers are the facilitators.

Young children learn best when they:

• actively participate

• work at their own pace and in their own style

• talk with each other

• use real, authentic objects

• build on their own experiences

• follow their natural curiosity

• experiment to find solutions to their own real problems

• choose what they want to do.