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Seattle, WA
Baker Language and Learning Center

Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents.

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neighborhood: Madrona/Leschi/Central District ·  Telephone: (206) 328-2275  · Website: www.bakerlearningcenter.com

• Summary
• General Info
• School Philosophy
  & Day-in-the-Life
• Curriculum &
  Teaching Approach
• Quality of
  Teaching
• Home/School
  Connection
• Discipline,
  Health & Safety
• Ages, Schedule
  & Tuition
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  Admissions
• Kindergarten
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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

Children at BLLC are encouraged to engage in active learning. Real-life activities, including cooking and gardening, language,
logic, music, movement,
collaboration and cooperation are the themes we incorporate into the program daily. These all correspond naturally to skills children need to build upon for later cognitive growth, and are much more appropriate to the age-levels of our programs than an academic-based program.

Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (3.8)
This school has increased my child's:
Ability to listen and follow directions
Ability to sit still for longer periods of time
Ability to be a part of a group of children
Self-sufficiency and independence
Awareness of others’ feelings
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					Yes
Oral language	-		-	-
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs	-	-		-
Storybook reading	-			-
Emerging literacy skills	-		-	-
Cognitive Development
Math and number sense			-	-	Yes
Time & space	-			-	Yes
Sci. reasoning/physical world			-	-	Yes
Music			-	-	Yes
Visual arts			-	-	Yes
Physical activity			-	-	Yes
Other subjects taught	French (not immersion, but instructions, songs, words, and play in both French and English); Spanish (not immersion, but phrases, songs, stories in both Spanish and English).

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Director's Comments

Much of what occurs in our classroom reflects a constructivist approach to early education. A major teaching strategy is to allow for mistakes (a
contributor to learning) while observing children closely to ensure that learning is occurring and frustration is monitored. We also highly value
the child’s ability to negotiate in the peer group.

We very much believe in a scaffolding approach to learning for people of all ages, but to promote a life-long love of learning, it is critical in the early learning years. This is why we combine a child-centered with a teacher-led approach. Through observation and documentation, we are able to understand children's learning styles (enabling us to utilize a multi-intelligences approach) and provide provocation into areas which are of particular use and interest to each child.

Parents' Comments

Parent #1
The school has a park right next door where the children have free play on days the weather permits. The bad weather days they do movement exercises that are led by the teachers. Last year they went to a Pilates studio once a week in the middle of winter.