WonderWell | Paper Pinecone
Details
Facility Type: 
Preschool
About the Program: 
Wonderwell will passionately embrace emergent curriculum and the highly acclaimed Reggio Emilia philosophy of early childhood education. Reggio Emilia is a philosophy of early childhood education that originated in the city of Reggio Emilia in northern Italy. This approach values a child's natural curiosity and allows their individual interests to guide their learning. Emergent curriculum inspires and extends learning based on student interests as opposed to a ready-made curriculum with predetermined facts and information. The Hundred Languages of children: a child's "language" is not limited to their verbal communication; children creatively express their thinking and learning through play, drawing, speaking, dancing, writing, singing, sculpting, painting, acting. A Reggio-inspired school is relationship-driven and encircles the child with three teachers or protagonists: the parent, the teacher, and the environment; these relationships are interconnected and supported by the school. Children are viewed as competent individuals who are capable of taking an active role in their own learning. Teachers are co-constructors of knowledge and work alongside students to observe their interests and interactions in an effort to design experiences that inspire their innate curiosity. Teachers design provocations to "provoke" children's thinking, research, investigations, and hands-on exploration. Project-based learning: using their careful observations of each child's explorations, interests, and questions, teachers introduce projects accordingly. The classroom environment, the third teacher, is a beautiful, clutter-free, inviting learning space carefully planned and organized with natural, open-ended materials; the environment is flexible and responsive to student needs and interests. Teachers document student progress and development in a variety of ways on a daily basis;documentation includes teacher observations, anecdotal records, visual media, narratives, student work samples, project artifacts to make students' learning visible, revisit their interests and thoughts, reflect, and to support their next steps.
Philosophy and curricula: 
Reggio Emilia
Emergent
Play-Based
Offerings: 
Pre-K
School Year
Hours: 
7:30 am - 5:30 pm
Meals Included: 
None
Sibling Discount: 
Yes
Program Director: 
Ashley ReindhaRdt
Public or Private: 
Private
Home-based or Center: 
Center

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