This is not just what we believe; it’s what research shows – children learn best through meaningful play experiences. When children play they are actively involved in their learning, engaging their imagination and curiosity, practicing the skills they are developing and making sense and meaningful connections with the world around them. Through play children can develop their language, motor, cognitive, social, emotional and self-regulation skills. They also practice problem solving, critical thinking and decision making and gain confidence in themselves all while having fun and building a strong foundation for future academic success.

Our curriculum incorporates age appropriate concepts like colors, shapes, numbers, letters and Bible stories and play is the channel through which these concepts are taught. To maximize students’ learning time in the classroom, the day is intentionally formed around rich opportunities for hands-on play in a variety of settings – open gym time, small group opportunities in areas of the classroom, dress up, make-believe, creating, movement, building, sensory bins, and more. Although we do have opportunities for short teacher-led activities, they are meant to build students’ skill levels and experiences and add more tools to their play “toolbox.”