Parents are understandably concerned when their children aren't practicing letters and numbers. Some feel that completing paper and pencil exercises will most effectively prepare their children for elementary school.

Children who are rushed into reading and writing too soon might miss important steps in learning and may suffer later on because they lack the foundation they need for using language. Children who are taught to read before they are ready may be able to sound out and recognize words, but they may also have little understanding of what they are reading. If they haven't been given time to play, they won't have explored objects enough to know what words (like "hard, harder, hardest") mean. If they aren't allowed to string beads, button, dress up, cut, paste, pour, and draw, they won't develop the small muscle skills they need for writing. 

If children are rushed into academic subjects too soon, they may lose their enthusiasm for learning and lose their sense of themselves as learners.

Although we are the educators in the classrooms, we learn so much from the children we care for each day. They look at this beautiful world with such wonder, it reminds us to remain curious ourselves.

Our goal is to support and nurture the children’s and our own natural desire to be life-long learners. We are committed to the families we serve, providing support and encouragement.

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Teresa Robinson
Executive Director