Meadowbrook Child Garden is a private school licensed for 77 Preschool and Kindergarten students . The school accepts children ages 2.9 years to 6 years and is open to students Monday through Friday from 7:15AM to 5:15 PM.
“Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child’s soul” Friedrich Frobel (1782-1852) played a key role in the “Learning through Play” movement and changed the face of Early Childhood Education
"This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop.” ~ Maria Montessori (1870-1952) Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name
“Are we forming children who are only capable of learning what is known, or should we try to develop creative and innovative minds?” ~ Jean Piaget (1896-1980) credited with researching how children develop intellectually throughout the course of childhood, famously known for the theory of cognitive development
“Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for thinking about a variety of things.” ~ Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) Russian psychologist, developer of sociocultural child development theory. He believed that social interaction provides a medium for cognitive, social and linguistic development in children
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” ~ Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
“You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child says things without uttering a word. You can see how he solves his problems.” ~ Erick Erikson (1902-1994) stressed social emotional development as a key component of the early childhood curriculum.