The Carriage House Schools 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 Schools offers a secure environment in which a child experiments while forming a basis for successful relationships and fostering and openness to learning, so crucial in later years. Based on the theory that 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 lover of learning 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 can not run before they strengthen their leg muscles by standing, creeping, crawling and walking they can not do elementary school math before understanding the spatial relations, seriation and classification concepts best learned though 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.
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.
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 skills.
- 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 build 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.