While development is never evenly paced in the four areas, to emphasize one over the other would be to cheat our children from achieving full potential. This philosophy is put into practice in many ways, which we will describe briefly. In relation to cognitive development, we believe children learn best by doing. Much of our effort centers on having children explore the world. We provide materials which they can handle themselves.
Most materials are visible and accessible to the children.
Children can type on real typewriters, talk on a telephone, squeeze potter's clay, mix ingredients for snack or dig and plant in the garden. For us both the process and the product are important. It is in the doing that learning takes place. Play is children's work and we do our best to enhance it. Play involves making decisions, solving problems, exercising imagination, communicating, leading, co-operating and socializing.