Art based Preschool and afterschool care

Alliance OH

Description

We will be opening a private "preschool" and "afterschool" program called Quail's Cottage, which is based on the Reggio Emilia inspired classroom model. This is a nontraditional learning environment. Children have access to supplies, materials, and are consistently encouraged to self direct their learning. The Reggio approach suggests there are 3 “teachers” that are involved with children's learning; the parents, the class teachers, and the environment of the classroom. Parents are considered competent and part of their children's learning experience. A traditional Reggio classroom, There is an atelier (creative expression area), loose parts, a sensory area, building area, writing center, math/numbers center, and a meeting area (in the larger school setting, this is called a piazza. materials used might include; feathers, sea shells, cork, nuts and bolts, pebbles, beans, leaves, sticks, pine cones, bark, flowers. Students explore an idea or concept with materials that have been carefully chosen to ignite thinking. The teacher is first and foremost to be that of a learner alongside the children. We will be planting gardens, fruit trees, making bread, and cheese as well as hatching chicks and ducklings from an incubator. PM me for further details. .