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San Diego, CA
Carmel Valley Preschool
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neighborhood: Carmel Valley · Telephone: (858) 481-7933 · Website: www.canyonhills.org/presc...
General Approach to Learning
| Play-based | |
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Play-based with some structure |
| Predominantly teacher-led instruction | |
| Montessori | |
| Waldorf | |
| Co-op | |
| Reggio-Emilia |
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Savvy Source's Comments
Our Teaching Philosophy
We feel teaching is...
Inspiring our children rather than merely filling them with facts
Responding to our children rather than demanding of them
Motivating our children to discover on their own rather than relying on another's discoveries
Training our chidlren to think rather than repeating others' thoughts
Encouraging our children to make individual choices and helping them grow in confidence and interdependence with others
Exploring to find lessons in everything our children see, hear, smell, taste, and touch and bringing them together to give deeper meaning and fulfillment to life.
(excerpted from brochure)
Social Skills & Work Habits
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| This school has increased my child's: | |
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| Ability to listen and follow directions |
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| Ability to sit still for longer periods of time |
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| Ability to be a part of a group of children |
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| Self-sufficiency and independence |
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| Awareness of others’ feelings |
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| Cooperation with other children |
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Curriculum and Teaching Approach
| PLAY-BASED | PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE | MOSTLY TEACHER LED | NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM | CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| Language | - | |||||
| Oral language | - | - | - | - | n/a | |
| Nursery rhymes, poems, songs | - | - | - | - | n/a | |
| Storybook reading | - | - |
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- | n/a | |
| Emerging literacy skills | - | - |
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| Cognitive Development | n/a | |||||
| Math and number sense | - | - |
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| Time & space | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sci. reasoning/physical world | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Music | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Visual arts | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Physical activity | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other subjects taught | n/a | |||||
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Savvy Source's Comments
At Carmel Valley Preschool we offer a variety of different enrichment classes right on our campus. All of our classes focus on different areas of development that your child may take advantage of. Each enrichment class is optional depending on the child or parent's interest level. These classes include Radical Reptiles, Mad Science, Moovin' & Groovin', Cooking, music, dance, sports, woodworking and more! (excerpted from brochure)
Parents' Comments
Parent #1
I am not 100 percent sure but I believe that it is mostly teacher led and then there is some 'station' work where the kids are split up in different groups and they work on there own with a teacher 'floating' amongst the students
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