St. Mary's Child Center

From the Director:

The educators at St. Mary’s Child Center have been engaged in a study of the world-renowned schools for young children in Reggio Emilia, Italy since 2001. We deeply embrace the values of collaboration, the strong image of the child, the environment as a teacher, children’s multiple symbolic languages, documentation as assessment and advocacy, long-term projects, the teacher as a researcher and the importance of home-school relationships. We study the Reggio philosophy in collaboration with educators inspired by the Reggio Emilia Approach around the world and we work closely with the College of Education at Butler University as partners in the Indianapolis Reggio Collaborative.

From the Director:

We focus on investigations and project work that is compatible with the Reggio philosophy.

Success in Learning- Success in Life

We provide provocations and opportunities for exploration and study. We have a nutrition program and multiple outdoor opportunities and field trips.

We send home weekly newsletters from each class and host monthly family nights. We also open our classes to families at anytime and a staff social worker to help plan for a child's success.