What is the value of a child-focused learning environment?
To maintain a lifelong pre-disposition and interest in learning, three conditions must converge; a sense of amazement; a desire to experience; and the motivation to explore. Child-focused environments work to promote and preserve these qualities in all learners. Children are encouraged to ask questions. The environment invites children to look for answers through hands-on experience, validating an active approach to life and learning. Through practical experiences a multitude of opportunities to uncover knowledge and understandings is provided. The teachers provide a structure for the child to experience success and build positive feelings about themselves and their abilities. Knowledge and technologies that were highly valued just a decade ago are becoming rapidly obsolete. In today’s ever challenging and evolving world, our children need to acquire the skills that are necessary to succeed. A child-focused program emphasizes inquiring, thinking, planning, experimenting, creating, and
