OUR APPROACH

Health, Movement, Wellbeing

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Values:

​The curriculum, environment, philosophy, and daily life of Wooden Fish Preschool are grounded in five guiding principles:

 

Child Centricity:

Family First is a place for children and Families, with an approach rooted in the question of how we can provide children with the tools they need to continue their journey as lifelong learners?

Community:

We are dedicated to collaboration and communication among the people that make up our community and the communities of the children in our care.  This includes the staff, the families, the neighborhood, the city, and the cultures in which our lives are rooted.  The teachers, children, and parents form a community of educators and learners collaborating to create purposeful play.

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Diversity:

we believe that diversity of people, families, culture, opinions, and beliefs provide the rich base from which children’s understanding grows. Parents First believes that children with different levels of ability can learn together, and parents from all backgrounds can teach each other.

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Exploration:

we create an environment that inspires imagination and causes parents and children to see the effects of their actions.  We join children on adventures of exploration. Children are allowed to construct their own knowledge through experimentation.  Teachers and coordinators curate an environment where children can learn all of the things they wish to know, and parents learn how to become better leaders.

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Responsibility:

We believe that every person must be aware of, engage with and respond to the people around them, the world they live in and their own physical, mental and emotional needs.  As educators, we are charged with awakening and encouraging this awareness, engagement, and responsiveness in children and families.