At Blossoming Friends preschool, we take a mix of Waldorf and Montessori philosophies incorporating the vision of the whole child independence and spreading peace. . Enriching our classroom with activities that are age-appropriate and play-based, to support children to explore and discover using their head, heart, and hands while learning about kindness, respect, and peace. I have all the confidence that you and your family will gain so much from being at Blossoming Friends Preschool.

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Waldorf Education begins with the premise that childhood is made up of three distinct stages of roughly seven years each.

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Each stage shapes the way children feel about and approach the world—intellectually, emotionally, physically, and spiritually—which, in turn, shapes the way they learn. 

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Young children from birth to age seven live primarily through their senses and learn best through imitation. We nurture each child’s flowering, providing a gentle, yet sensory-rich environment and play-based activities that encourage the young child to investigate the natural world, explore social relationships, and expand imaginative capacities. These activities support the foundations for intellectual, emotional, and physical development.

 

The focus of this education is the whole child “ the head, heart, and hands”.

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Montessori is a method of education that is based on self-directed activity, hands-on learning, and collaborative play. In our classroom,  the children make creative choices in their learning, while the environment offers age-appropriate activities to guide the process. Children work in groups and individually to discover and explore the knowledge of the world and to develop their maximum potential.

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“Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future… Let us treat them with all the kindness which we would wish to help to develop in them.” - Maria Montessori