LEAD Day School
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- Contact Name:Wendy Aguilar
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- Address:127 S Washington St, Falls Church, VA 22046, USA
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Description
Learning through play is a term used in education and psychology to describe how a child can learn to make sense of the world around them. Through play children can develop social and cognitive skills, mature emotionally, and gain the self-confidence required to engage in new experiences and environments.
Key ways that young children learn include playing, being with other people, being active, exploring and new experiences, talking to themselves, communication with others, meeting physical and mental challenges, being shown how to do new things, practicing and repeating skills and having fun.
LEAD:
- Language: When learning languages, young children have unique characteristics because they are born with that ability; their brains are the most flexible; they follow social cues to determine which language to use with which person and in what environment; and they grasp the differences between sounds, intonation, and structure; in other words, learning a language is natural for children.
- Education: Conscious Discipline® is a neurodevelopmental model that focuses on internal states first and behavior second.
The conscious part of Conscious Discipline is based on consciousness and mindfulness research and consists of seven powers. The seven powers for conscious adults are: the power of perception, the power of unity, the power of attention, the power of free will, the power of acceptance, the power of love, and the power of intention. The powers create long-term, lasting success by guiding us to become conscious, present, attuned, and responsive to the needs of ourselves and children.
- Arts: “The three teachers of children: adults, other children, and their physical environment.” ~ Loris Malaguzzi
- Development: Play is critical for a child’s learning and development; play is intertwined in every activity a child is part of. In play, children develop key understanding of the world around them and gain essential knowledge and skills. Play can be hard to define, yet it is agreed that play is meaningful, play is joyful, play is actively engaging, play is iterative, play is socially interactive. An adult’s role in play is to facilitate it, sustain it, and extend it through intentionally designed opportunities that are developmentally appropriate. Developmentally Appropriate Practice is founded in research on how young children develop and learn. Three important considerations in DAP are knowing the norms about child development and learning, knowing each child as an individual, and understanding each child’s social and cultural context. In a few words, it is meeting the children where they are at and offering them challenging but achievable experiences.
Services and Pricing:
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| Five Extended-Day: 8:30am – 6:00pm | $17200 |
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| Five Full-Day: 8:30am – 3:30p | $15050 |
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| Five Half-Day: 8:30am – 12:30pm | $9200 |
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