Carriage House Nursery SchoolCarriage House Nursery School
Philosophy
The Carriage House School offer a warm, nurturing environment for children to grow and learn. Each child's self concept is greatly enhanced by the caring teachers' interacting with him/her on an individual basis, identifying his/her unique needs and abilities.
The developmental philosophy of the Carriage House School offers a secure environment in which a child experiments while forming a basis for successful relationships and fostering an openness to learning, so crucial in later years. Based on the theory hat children learn through play, our self directed activities allow children to "discover for themselves" while the staff act as enablers of learning. Activities and daily routines are presented to challenge sensory, motor, perceptual and language skills, as well as offering practice of social and self help skills.
We advocate a love of 1earning by allowing each child to experience their own stage of development and helping them to feel success without pressure moving one step at a time. Each child's level of cognitive development will be respected and challenged. Just as a child cannot run before they strengthen their leg muscles by standing, creeping, crawling and walking they cannot do elementary school math before understanding the spatial relations, seriation and classification concepts best learned through hands-on building, sorting, filling, emptying investigating and collecting in the preschool years. Our learning centers offer these developmental challenges through a variety of activities.
Our Goals
develop a love of learning and a positive attitude about school
build self esteem
challenge each child's developmental abilities
Vision
The goal of the Carriage House is to provide a life skills program that fosters each child's growth, because we believe that, "play is a child's work, children play to learn, to grow and to experience the world around them." We have created an atmosphere that entices each child to play and learn, providing the age appropriate tools to reach his/her maximum potential in a safe, loving environment.
The Carriage House has been designed:
For the Child:
To feel secure in the safe environment while they play and learn.
To feel welcome and loved by other children and adults while practicing communication and social
To experience growth and self satisfaction while performing learning activities based on his/her own developmental abilities and interests.
To stimulate a foundation of high self esteem, autonomy, and confidence built on the trust developed within the center and at home.
To feel acceptance and encouragement in his/her proficiency level of performance of routine tasks.
For the Parent:
To feel comfortable leaving their child in a safe, warm, nurturing environment where his/her needs are met on an individual basis.
To experience open communication with the center, enhancing the parents feeling of security for their child.
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE:
Three year old program (click for more info)
The three-year-old program is geared to children who are 2.9 years by September. If there is space available, a child turning 2.9 during the school year will be accepted into the program. The primary goal of the three-year-old program is to develop the child's social skills and encourage a love of the school setting
Four year old program (click for more info)
The four-year-old program is geared to children 3.9 years by September. This program is developmentally designed to build on social and educational skills acquired in our three-year-old program. It is designed to provide the child with the needed readiness skills to enter Kindergarten the following fall. Our mission is to develop in the child a love of school and learning. We continue encouraging the child's listening, social and readiness skills.