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OUR APPROACH
The Little Columbus Framework
Designed around how young children actually learn. Learning in the early years is sensory before it is symbolic, physical before it is abstract, spoken before it is written and experienced before it is explained.
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Children Learn Through
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Movement
Play
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Stories
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Relationships
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Conversations
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Nature
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Materials
OUR FRAMEWORK
4 Commitments
Know the child
Understand how each child communicates, connects, explores and responds.
Using experience
Use materials, movement, stories, nature, relationships and play to bring ideas to life.
Follow thinking
Listen to children’s questions and let their ideas shape what comes next.
Show growth
Document children’s words, choices, creations and changing understanding.
Play is serious thinking
Play is learning.
Through play, children:
Choose and plan
Imagine and communicate
Solve Problems
Test Ideas
Negotiate
Try Again
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The child we see
We see every child as capable, curious and already making meaning.
We start by noticing what a child is trying to understand, then create experiences that take their thinking further.
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Families are Fellow Explorers
You know your child at home.
We know them at school.
We know them at school.
Families stay connected through:
Everyday
conversations
conversations
Discovery Logs
Transition
Notes
Notes
Opportunities
To Participate
To Participate
Navigation Sessions
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Transition
notes
notes
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Discovery Logs
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Everyday
conversations
conversations
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Opportunities
to Participate
to Participate
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Navigation
Sessions
Sessions
Children choosing materials with purpose
Teachers observing and listening
Movement, stories and conversation
Documentation of changing ideas
Spaces for rest and reflection
Not our thing
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Identical crafts
Worksheets as proof of learning
Forced participation
One outcome for every child
Scores or checklists defining development
OUR APPROACH
Beyond the school day
Every child’s path is different
