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The Learningden Preschool serves as an extension of your child’s home. Our school is a place where children imagine, explore, create and learn with natural materials: clay, real art supplies, and items found in the home.

We believe children learn through interaction with peers, parents, staff and friends, in a friendly learning environment. Our curriculum is based on the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education and are driven by questions, information and excitement expressed by the children themselves.

We teach and nurture the whole child. We dedicate ourselves to a center where children flourish and have a strong sense of community, family and togetherness.

The Reggio Emilia philosophy is based upon the following set of principles: Children must have some control over the direction of their learning; children must be able to learn through experiences of touching, moving, listening, seeing, and hearing; children have a relationship with other children and with material items in the world that children must be allowed to explore; and children must have endless ways and opportunities to express themselves.

Our Reggio Emilia inspired philosophy encourages children to explore our spacious and well-equipped classrooms while enjoying cooperative play with peers, experiencing art, music and movement, dramatic play, books, science and math and so much more in a caring and supportive environment.

This philosophy does not end when the child leaves the classroom. Most parents who choose to send their children to a Reggio Emilia program incorporate many of the principles within their parenting and home life. In most school environments, intellectual curiosity is rewarded, so students continue to reap the benefits of Reggio after they’ve left the program.



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