Sarasota, FL
St. Paul Early Childhood Learning Center

Director's Comments on Individualized Teaching

Description of how teachers work with children who are  "behind," "excelling" or "different" from the majority of students

Each child has a binder of anecdotal notes, individual activity plans and goals (parents help set the goals, and so do the teachers - we work together as a team in everything!). Each student also has a portfolio of work samples. We expect that each child comes to us with his own strengths and areas to work on. So do adults! We celebrate and enhance the strengths and work together on filling some of the gaps. Most of all, we accept each child for who he/she is.

Montessori? Waldorf? Play-based?

What school type is right for your child? Is one model better than another? What does the research say?

View an example from the Savvy Source guide to learn more.

Get large plastic buckets (or sand buckets if you have lots of really little toys )in a variety of solid colors (red, blue, yellow, green, pink). Ask your child to clean up his/her toys by putting the toys in the bucket corresponding to the color bucket. Great for teaching personal responsibility, color identification, and sorting.

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