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Portland, OR
Chiquitos School
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Telephone: (503) 641-7717 · Website: http://www.chiquitos.org
General Approach to Learning
| Play-based | |
| Play-based with some structure | |
| Predominantly teacher-led instruction | |
| Montessori | |
| Waldorf | |
| Co-op | |
| Reggio-Emilia |
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Director's Comments
Chiquitos' educational approach was developed right here, based in over 25 years of research, it has grown from many different approaches into a style that places the child at the center of a circle containing each of the six components of development.
Curriculum and Teaching Approach
| PLAY-BASED | PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE | MOSTLY TEACHER LED | NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM | CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| Language | Yes | |||||
| Oral language | - | - | - | - | n/a | |
| Nursery rhymes, poems, songs | - | - | - | - | n/a | |
| Storybook reading | - | - | - | - | n/a | |
| Emerging literacy skills | - | - | - | - | n/a | |
| Cognitive Development | n/a | |||||
| Math and number sense | - | - | - | - | ||
| Time & space | - | - | - | - | ||
| Sci. reasoning/physical world | - | - | - | - | ||
| Music | - | - | - | - | ||
| Visual arts | - | - | - | - | ||
| Physical activity | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other subjects taught | n/a | |||||
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