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Welcome to our Preschool Classroom!
Welcome to our Preschool Classroom!
We're excited to spend the school year with you! The Loudoun Country Day School preschool program is based on the understanding that children are our primary resource. Each child brings his or her own abilities and experiences into our classroom. Our job as teachers is to recognize and capitalize on those abilities and experiences.
We're excited to spend the school year with you! The Loudoun Country Day School preschool program is based on the understanding that children are our primary resource. Each child brings his or her own abilities and experiences into our classroom. Our job as teachers is to recognize and capitalize on those abilities and experiences.
Our goal is follow your child's lead as they show us what they can do and what they are capable of doing with the right scaffolding and materials. In our classroom, we will meet this goal by focusing on play and project-based learning. Play is central to young children's learning and development. Project-based learning is a dynamic classroom approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges and acquire a deeper knowledge. By asking questions and expanding on your child's play and interactions, we are helping them to learn and grow. We will read, play and move together - and learn many new things everyday.
Our goal is follow your child's lead as they show us what they can do and what they are capable of doing with the right scaffolding and materials. In our classroom, we will meet this goal by focusing on play and project-based learning. Play is central to young children's learning and development. Project-based learning is a dynamic classroom approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges and acquire a deeper knowledge. By asking questions and expanding on your child's play and interactions, we are helping them to learn and grow. We will read, play and move together - and learn many new things everyday.
Our Preschool "Curriculum"
Our Preschool "Curriculum"
Our curriculum is based on the real experiences of the children. The children will spend their day playing, exploring and interacting with their classmates and classroom. Our centers and materials are created to be open-ended, and have materials that support and stimulate play, interaction and active learning. The teachers will provide the materials and the environment - the children will provide the learning. When this natural learning is "revealed" to the teachers, we will ask questions and involve ourselves where it is appropriate for the child's experience.
About Project-Based Learning & The Project Approach
About Project-Based Learning & The Project Approach
In project-based learning, teachers guide students through in-depth studies of real-world topics. In this "Project Approach" format, projects have a complex but flexible framework within which teaching and learning are seen as interactive processes. When teachers implement the Approach successfully, students feel highly motivated and actively involved in their own learning, leading them to produce high-quality work and to grow as individuals and collaborators.
A project, by definition, is an in-depth investigation of a real-world topic worthy of a student’s attention and effort. The study may be carried out with an entire class or with small groups of students—most often at the preschool, elementary, and middle school levels. Projects typically do not constitute the whole educational program; instead, teachers use them alongside systematic instruction and as a means of achieving curricular goals. (www.projectapproach.org). The Project Approach offers teachers a way to develop in-depth thinking while engaging the hearts and minds of young children. Project work presents many opportunities to value young children’s ideas, encourage their creativity, nurture their interests, and meet their learning needs.
In early childhood, projects can be defined as open ended studies of everyday topics. Project topics are selected by the teacher and frequently emerge from the questions children raise and develop according to their interests. Rather than offering immediate answers to the questions children ask, teachers provide experiences through which children can discover the answers themselves through inquiry at field sites or interviewing experts.
Why Follow a Project-Based Curriculum:
Why Follow a Project-Based Curriculum:
"Children have a strong disposition to explore and discover. The Project Approach builds on natural curiosity, enabling children to interact, question, connect, problem-solve, communicate, reflect, and more. This kind of authentic learning extends beyond the classroom to each student’s home, community, nation, and the world. It essentially makes learning the stuff of real life and children active participants in and shapers of their worlds." (www.projectapproach.org)
Check out Jenn's Project Approach website for more information about this way of learning: Dr. Kaywork's Project Approach Website
Check out Jenn's Digital Portfolio HERE
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