Welcome to Little Fawn!
We’ve given a lot of thought to what we want for young children and their families, and would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of these intentions.
LITTLE FAWN PHILOSOPHY:
We believe that all children have the right to love and to be loved.
We believe that parents are the most important people in young children’s lives; we partner with parents to develop a shared appreciation of each amazing, unique child. Not so very long ago, communities took on the responsibility of raising children together as families lived nearer to one another and day to day support was more available. We are a very small program and make every effort to build a close-knit community that emulates the value that each of the children in the group is “our child.” We welcome families from all walks of life and strive to create a school environment that is as diverse as the great city of Oakland.
We believe that the early years of live are vital to the development of the mind, body and spirit of a healthy human being; they should be relished and never hurried.
We believe children have tremendous sensing abilities and deserve to have pleasant qualities in their environment: beautiful, natural materials, the aroma of tasty things in the air, healthy, wholesome and delicious things to eat on their plates.
We believe children have the right to challenging and interesting curriculum. We believe that young children have fascinating ideas and tremendous abilities.We believe they have the right to express themselves in many ways, through many mediums. These may include (but are not limited toJ) speaking, singing, dancing, acting, story writing, drawing, sculpting with clay and painting with watercolors, laughing with friends, nursery rhymes, natural sciences, developing an understanding of mathematics, cooking, playing, puppetry, poetry, playing games and digging in the sandbox.
We believe that one of the ways children learn is through imitation and modeling. Therefore, caregivers participate with the environment of the classroom and outdoors engaging in cooking, gardening, and cleaning and setting a positive example of being in the world. We believe that as privileged caregivers we have the responsibility of behaving in the ways we want children to behave: in speaking with respect and kindness, in sharing a responsible work ethic, in providing a positive attitude toward plants and animals and generally working toward peace in the world.
We believe that each child has an individual sense of self-worth that should be respected and nurtured in a loving and peaceful environment. Concurrently, we believe people learn through interactions with other people and gently guide the children (both in individual and group work) in the development of multiple intelligences.
We believe in education for peace.
Mostly, though, we just relish in the opportunity to develop relationships with the children and families who come together to grow and learn during this wondrous time of life.
Welcome to our play school.
