Sprouting Minds Preschool

Specialties

At Sprouting Minds Preschool, an early childhood development center in Maple Ridge, we celebrate and nourish the individual spirit of your child through a Reggio Emilia inspired preschool curriculum that encourages exploration, stimulation of the senses and limitless imagination.

Sprouting Minds Preschool has a large, spacious and well equipped classroom. The learning environment is vibrant and offers a flexible space that is responsive to the interests and needs of the children.

We see our children as competent, creative and imaginative. Our environment gives them opportunities to:

*Make decisions

*Discover

*Be curious

*Ask and answer questions

*Work collaboratively with others

*Delight in nature and the unexpected

Children will have learning experiences from our core curriculum areas:

*Creative arts

*Literacy and numeracy

*Construction and building

*Dramatic play

*Problem solving

*Literature

At Sprouting Minds Preschool, our curriculum is influenced by a variety of perspectives to early childhood education, especially the: Social Constructivist, Emergent and Project approaches.

Our daily curriculum includes both indoor and outdoor experiences, where children can make choices and direct their own learning. They can play by themselves, with a peer or a small group, with or without an educator. The children will be involved in a variety of play provisions that will develop their interest, understanding and skills in literacy, numeracy, fine/​gross motor and creativity.

History

Established in 2014.

We believe that interactions and conversation are vitally important for learning. Our Educator actively promotes children’s learning through worthwhile and challenging experiences and interactions that foster high-​level thinking skills.

At Sprouting Minds Preschool, our educator is responsive to all children’s strengths, abilities and interests. She values and builds on children’s strengths, skills and knowledge to ensure they are motivated and engaged in learning. Our educator plans opportunities for intentional teaching and knowledge building.

Registration Open for September 2015

Meet the Manager

Manaal M.

Manager

Our World needs educational systems that honor the individual, and that teach us how to cooperate, collaborate, and love one another. The Reggio inspired program at Sprouting Minds Preschool is my vision of a community where children feel celebrated, where families feel included, and where teachers feel inspired to learn alongside children.

Although my educational background is in Business Administration and Interior Design, since the birth of my son, I discovered that my true passion is caring for and nurturing children. My background in arts profoundly impacts the work that I do as an educator, and combined with my belief in the constructivist and Reggio philosophies, I can help children learn, make connections and form knowledge alongside with me.

I absolutely love working with children and seeing them explore, play, socialize, learn and grow. I am dedicated to the children’s well-​being and will ensure their experiences are positive ones.