Riviera PlaySchool offers a humanistic, somewhat constructivist, and mindful program for the “whole child,” inspired by the best of Attachment Parenting, Bev Bos, Reggio Emilia, Montessori, Waldorf, and Non-Violent Communication (NVC).
Some examples of how we nurture self-discovery:
Daily Meeting Timewith Morning Message (pre-writing activities)
Daily Journal
Daily centers comprise: crafts, art, math, and literacy (phonics), hiking, music and motion, or yoga
Science and Relativity: we conduct hands-on experiments and group projects that help children understand the world they live in
Self-directed play will always be offered as a valid choice. Children know intuitively what they need, and sometimes what they need is space to observe, and therefore learn at a safe distance
Some of the activities we create everyday:
Car washing station
Bug Collecting & Butterfly Hatching
Fantasy role-playin the “café/store”
Building stuff from other stuff
Nature Saunters and Rain Walks
Crafts requiring gluing, cutting, painting
Ride-on toys (large ride-on area)
Puppet Shows
Mixing Plans
Doll washing station
Water play in our “river”
Hatching Frogs
Sand play with cars, trucks, dolls…
Music-Making time
Story time
Petting Zoo
Farming and harvesting from our “Edible Classroom” with Organic mulberry, plum,
cherry, and apple trees, and a children’s
vegetable garden
A DAY AT PLAYSCHOOL
Dear Parent,
I wanted to let you know about what your children are busy learning about and DOING every day at playschool:
~ Daily Meeting Time with Morning Message (pre-writing activities)
~ Daily Journal
~ Science and Math Time: we conduct hands-on experiments and group projects that help children understand the world they live in.
~ Daily centers will continue to comprise: crafts, art, math, and literacy (phonics), hiking, music and motion, or yoga.
Because we believe that children know intuitively what they need, and that sometimes what they need is space to observe, (and therefore learn at a safe distance) self-directed play will always be offered as a valid choice.
Above all, Riviera PlaySchool remains NVC-based — Non-violent communication, or “compassionate” communication, is the cornerstone of our program; all of our time spent with the children will continue to reflect this. Children leaving our program have a high degree of emotional and social intelligence: they know how to get their needs met in direct, non-violent ways. As a result, they are more successful academically, and in life. They are happier, more fulfilled, and have the ability to connect with more people on a deeper level.
PARENTING WORKSHOPS
About every two months we host another workshop that serves as parent and family support. In March and April we hosted a fantastic 2 part workshop entitled ‘Understanding Big Feelings’ for parents and it was a huge success. In August we hosted another wonderful workshop that covered traditional and non traditional choices we can make for our child’s education. In November we will host a communications workshop that covers the basics of conscious discipline, and we urge every playschool parent or prospective parent to attend.
Melody Elder and Laura Dotson are fantastic educators and facilitators, and will be hosting the series throughout 2010, so check our
Events Calendar for details.
I welcome any questions you may have… our phone number is below.
Lots of Love,
Linda Shannon
(310)408-5616
