Two research-based staff development programs have been implemented in our schools. It is child centered in that it looks at how children are learning rather than only at what t h ey are learning.
Children learn language when they are immersed in it.
Language fulfills a child's own needs and purposes. Others trust that children can learn and expect they will. Children receive positive responses to their attempts. Children get the help they need when they need it. This literacy and learning program assists educators in putting theory into practice with a close examination of natural learning, language, reading, writing and spelling.