As schooling became more the norm, a child’s inclusion and exposure to the wide world was more limited and controlled. However, as Neil Postman in The Disappearance of Childhood says, “The world of the known and the not yet known is bridged by wonderment….where the child’s world…must seek entry, through their questions…As media merge the Read More >>
Archives for August 2018
What does it mean to individualize curriculum?
Your child is like no other. At The New School we build our relationship with your child based on the understanding that each child processes their thinking and actions based on prior experiences, unique ways of accessing information and expressing their understandings. Each week we develop an individual plan for your child. This plan, what Read More >>
The Benefits of a Multi Age School Environment
From birth all of us are social learners (Lev Vygotsky’s Social Learning Theory). It is how we learned to walk and talk. We learned from those who are older by watching, and copying. The older child learns the importance of nurturing and appreciating the younger child, learning to moderate and modify behaviors, to stay in Read More >>