Children blossom with a progressive education where their ideas, interests, and insights are heard and responded to both as members of a community and as individuals. At Blueberry we incorporate various philosophies and principles on education to create a rich, meaningful early childhood experience.
John Dewey, Lev Vygotsky, Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori, and Loris Malaguzzi, shared the ideas that education should be -- child centered; active and interactive; and must involve the social world of the child and the community.
We value participating in our immediate and distant communities. As part of our curriculum, we visit Temescal Canyon, Franklin Canyon, Huntington Gardens, Tanaka Strawberry Farms and nearby beaches. John Dewey stressed the value of school not preparing a child for life, but that school should be life. It is our belief that children understand and need to be part of a larger community.
