Sunrise Children Learning Center

Sunrise Children Learning Center was founded in 1998. Sunrise's program incorporates Montessori, High/Scope, and Reggio Emilia Philosophy and is designed to foster competent, responsible, adaptive citizens who are lifelong learners and problem solvers. Our program follows the guidelines of the National Association for the Education of Young Childre... n (NAEYC). At Sunrise, our center's programs are focused on the importance of developmental appropriate activities that help children build feelings of success, develop school competence and reach higher levels of learning. We stress Learning occurs in an inquiring, cooperative, and nurturing atmosphere. Children increase their own knowledge through self-and teacher-initiated experiences. The classroom setting includes a math unit, a science unit, a library and language literacy unit, a creative art unit, a dramatic play unit and a computer unit. At Sunrise, our classroom is created to foster the atmosphere that encourages children's social interaction for cooperative learning, peer teaching, and emotional development. At Sunrise, children's physical, emotional, social, aesthetic, spiritual, and cognitive needs and interests are inseparable and equally important. Children are active learners because they are resourceful, powerful and with a lot of potential. Daily activities are designed to encourage children's autonomy and independence. Learning takes place through the senses. By using proper materials, teacher can facilitate children's divergent thinking while children learn through the proper materials and interacting with others. These meaningful experiences are precursors to the abstract understanding of ideas. The proper materials include skill/concept, gross motor, manipulative, construction, self-expressive, and natural/everyday objects. An open-ended array of the proper materials and activities which empowers teachers to design their own developmentally responsive, culturally relevant learning environment. Teachers and children are partners. They create the ...Read More