The Little School - Where Big Futures Begin. Learning children are great imitators so give them great to image
Imagine a place where a child can embrace opportunities, where their thoughts are captured, where the joys of life are real, where the beauty of nature can be touched. From a home like learning environment to a crisp bright outdoors, we encourage curiosity and creativity by finding new ways to feed the minds mysteries and its’ need for knowledge. We provide a rich and nourishing environment for development, based on a child's importance for positive growth.
Our Purpose
Our purpose for being each day…
“To Create & Instill a Love of Life, a Love for Others & a Love of Learning“
Parents bring their children to The Little School for several reasons. As employees of The Little School, we come to work for one thing; to Create and Instill a Love of Life, a Love for others and a Love of Learning in our children each and every day. This purpose is experienced and felt by all the children The Little School, as well as their families. This is our purpose, our reason for being.
Mission
We are committed to providing an educational program that is challenging, creative, nurturing and child-centered. We are dedicated to offering an inviting and stimulating environment and developmentally appropriate program such that each child’s social, emotional, and cognitive growth is encouraged and valued. Learning should be a joyful experience.
Our philosophy is based in our belief that children are competent individuals who can construct their own meaning of their experiences. The teacher’s role is not to provide all the correct answers. Rather, the teacher provides the occasion for discovery and learning. Our approach is hands-on and multisensory. We recognize that children have a natural curiosity and a predisposition to enjoy the unexpected. Children engage in active exploration and investigation to make sense of their world. We strive to fuel children’s investigative impulses and encourage discovery, promote questioning and challenging of ideas, and formulate connections of experience.
We respect children’s multiple ways of demonstrating their intelligence. Children are encouraged to develop their individual strengths and each child’s unique contribution to their community is appreciated. Strengths are celebrated and valued while opportunities are created to provide exposure to, and enhancement of, other talents and skills. Children will be given the opportunity to express themselves through music, painting, drama, song, movement, and play.
Vision
“To create a welcoming environment where a sense of community is established, and to be a resource for those around us”.