About Us: OUR PHILOSOPHY

Strawberry Preschool offers preschool and pre-kindergarten programs, based on the child's age and level of development. Each child is given many varied opportunities for working and learning through a play-based curriculum.

Our curriculum is tailored to the interests of the children, and evolves as teachers observe topics suggested by the children's spontaneous play. Weekly and monthly themes are the foundation for our presentation of learning tasks and creative activities, across a range of developmental stages.

Our primary teaching philosophy is based on the work of Jean Piaget, a Swiss philosopher and developmental psychologist. This child-centered approach to education facilitates cognitive development by:

• providing activities or situations that engage learners
• presenting challenges and opportunities that actively involve children
• practicing problem solving through language, play and socialization
• engaging children in the appropriate stage of motor or mental operations
• working in small groups that help children see things from other children's perspectives, progressively increasing their knowledge of the world around them