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Concordia educators are thoughtful and reflective in their planning of the best environment for young children
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Each child is unique. They come to preschool with different personalities and abilities. In Concordia’s early childhood program, we cater to this by creating an environment that allows authentic and meaningful experiences for learning. Authentic experiences happen when students take their own ideas to build, create or explore.
In the classroom, a child might pour water into a bin of Legos to represent logs, leaves and rocks in a lake. A teacher may ask questions to extend this learning and promote vocabulary, speaking, creativity or investigative skills. A classmate might contribute to this experience by adding different items and noticing that some float while others sink. Another child might join in too, and include a family on a boat. They use their imagination and make connections and are engaged in their learning.
We extend this learning outside the walls of the classroom, encountering people in the community as we learn. Our friends from upper year levels whom we call “buddies” come in and help us explore our environment. Parents get involved in our learning experiences by joining in our activities such as making play dough from scratch. Through these interactions, strong connections are made, allowing children to develop not only academically, but personally.
Though each child is unique, all children who grow up in Concordia commonly develop an unending and lifelong love for learning through the support, culture, and compassion of the community.
(Audrey Gelano is Preschool-3 teacher at Concordia.)
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