Can you imagine the young child in a place where they can discover, learn and experiment with their own realities and build their own knowledge? A place where a child's development can grow.
From our youngest children (infants) through our 8th grade classes, our classrooms are working and living representations of the scientist’s laboratory and the artist’s studio. From their observations, experiences, and research, children collect and record scientific data. They make and then discuss hypotheses that will be subjected to further testing and analyses at different stages of development. As children work with the censorial materials of art, they can imagine and project themselves into the time and space of the culture being studied and make sense out of it. This is why a young child's development is critical.
Ultimately these experiences allow the students to integrate and accommodate their own personal feelings and ideas; those experiences in the here and now of families and friends, and from the far away and long ago such as present day Africa, India, China or of ancient Mexico and Egypt.
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