Genius in mass

I'll be the first to admit that while I sometimes feel like a geyser of novel ideas, sometimes I just can't quite materialize what I'm looking for. And other times, I didn't even know I was looking for it!

I feel abundantly lucky to have so many rich relationships with other providers, including local, national, and abroad. There are so many interesting, and captivating ideas out there for preschool children. I love teaming up together as much as possible to share the genius.

I'm not sure why some providers fight this pooling of creative genius. If you teach children, and you are spending more time on trying to drag down your competitors, than you are passionately creating awesome experiences for your students, then you're doing it wrong.

Embrace your neighbors, befriend your competition, and the children will end up the winners. Isn't that who really counts here?

It's that genius, the kind where I didn't know I needed it until I saw it, that led to this today. I'm pretty certain this magnetic wall will become a home for lots of creative learning! For now it houses our Tegu blocks, but soon it will display an interactive plant diagram for our gardening unit.

Healthy snacks for smart kids!

I love making cute snacks. Kids love eating cute snacks. It's a win-win!

But they're not just cute, and they're not just 'organic' cracker snacks that other programs serving 'healthy' snacks use. Our snacks are organic, whole grain, real fruits and real vegetables (and local when available.) In addition to those, organic dairy products and proteins round our snack times.

What? Your kids don't like fruit and cheese?

No veggies?

You might just be surprised!

 

 

Testimonials

Our program is unique, our testimonials prove it!

"My daughter has been with Miss Stephanie for over two years, and we couldn't be happier with her care and her new preschool program.  We wanted an environment where the same person would always be there for our daughter, which isn't the case at many group centers.  We wanted her to have a person outside our home at daycare who she trusted and could get comfort from if she was having a bad day, or just needed extra attention, and by having just one daycare person we found the perfect fit. Not only did we find a nurturing and caring environment, we also found an excellent learning environment.  My daughter knows all of her numbers, colors, shapes and is really advancing in the phonics program that was just implemented.  I am amazed by how much my daughter learns while at Miss Stephanie's preschool.  She always comes home talking about what she has learned and what activities they did that day.  It's a fun, nurturing environment, we are so fortunate to have found her!" - Christine, Apex, NC (3/12)

"Stephanie took care of our daughter full time throughout 2011, and CJ still attends drop in care as often as our schedules allow. The curriculum, small class size, and extremely loving environment provides a wonderful place for our two year old to thrive. Stephanie's creativity in her lesson plans is amazing (from making strawberry jam from scratch to raising butterflies to creating individual ponds). Each month's new theme always promises lots of fun, imaginative play, new vocabulary, and new academic skills." - Amy, Apex, NC (3/12)

"We just started sending our son to Ms. Stephanie and I cannot say enough wonderful things about her and the program. Using a themed approach, Stephanie creates unique hands-on lessons that truly engage preschool age kids and gets them excited about learning. Her in-home center has so many fun and inventive manipulatives to explore. It is evident that she has a passion for children and approaching their education in a holistic manner. I am looking forward to watching my son learn and grow through this fantastic program. We are so lucky to have found this program!" - Schuyler, Morrisville, NC (3/12)

I can't recommend Ms Stephanie and the Whole Child Pre-school enough.  My Katie (3 year old) had a fantastic time.  She talked all the way home (to Fuquay) about all the exciting things she did during the morning session about dinosaurs.  She was excited to show me her eggs with matching finger puppets and her coloring.  She said that they played outside and was really tired out but too excited to nap right away.  She even ate all of her lunch, which is a rare treat here.  I was impressed with the pricing and the care that Ms Stephanie took with my sweet girl.  This was her first experience with pre-school and was really good for both of us.   I was super nervous about leaving her, but she did wonderfully.  Ms Stephanie and the other kids just took her right in & she thrived.  Thank you so much Ms Stephanie for making this a positive experience for both of us!  - Michelle, Fuquay-Varina, NC (4/12)

Welcome to Whole Child Preschool

Welcome to the blog of Whole Child Preschool!

My name is Stephanie and I am the owner and teacher at Whole Child Preschool. Let me tell you a little about my philosophy.


The Whole Child
Each child at Whole Child Preschool is treated as an exceptional individual with specific needs, learning styles, and abilities.

Children will excel while participating in cognitive-intellectual lessons, ·exploring creative-intuitive activities, enjoying structured physical movement and self-directed play, engaging with nature and their community, and developing emotional soundness.

Nurturing the whole child builds self-esteem, confidence, self-reliance, and helps children become independent and creative thinkers.

Children can touch, explore, create, and learn, while enveloped in an environment meticulously prepared for their discovery.

While every child benefits from some structure and unavoidable rules, you will not find Whole Child Preschool children sitting for long lessons in letter identification and the meaning of addition. The children do learn these things, but do so while actively engaged in creative lessons.

The Can-Can
Children at Whole Child Preschool take charge and become leaders of their own educational experiences. Children’s interests and idea’s are pursued with a very prominent ‘You Can!’ attitude.

Children come home exhilarated and excited to share what they’ve discovered in our ‘Can, Can’ preschool!
 Whole Child Preschool believes that exciting, and innovative activities are the key to igniting the passion of learning in young children.

Experiential learning encourages children to jump in with both feet and experience concepts with all five senses.

Experiential Learning
At Whole Child Preschool, children are taught from the inside out! Instead of having information thrown at them, ideas and concepts are formed within their own curiosity, and then actively explored in all ways possible.

It’s easy to look at a picture of a sprout and discuss it in a science lesson. But it’s meaningful to put our hands in the dirt, grow a seed into a sprout ourselves, chart, diagram, and dissect it, smell it, taste it, and reflect on what we’ve learned about it.

Meaningful interactions are the ones children will remember, and the ones they will receive at Whole Child Preschool.