Children Learn Through Play

Don’t underestimate the power of play in children’s development. The Learning Gardens emphasizes learning through play using the Creative Curriculum. Within this framework, children learn and develop:

• • Cognitive Skills – Like math and problem solving in a pretend grocery store

  • Physical Abilities – Like balancing blocks and running on the playground

  • New Vocabulary – Like words needed to play with toy dinosaurs

  • Social Skills – Like playing together in a pretend car wash

  • Literacy Skills – Like creating a menu for a pretend restaurant

Learning is also about knowing how to get along with others.  The Learning Gardens uses the Second Step Early Learning  Program in your child’s preschool classroom to teach these important skills.  The Second Step Program teaches the skills of empathy, emotional behaviors, and how to make meaningful relationships.

• Creative Curriculum

• Second Step

• 4-Year Old Kindergarten Instruction