Mission & Philosophy

Tailoring Education to Your Child

At Camelback Holistic Preschool, we believe that each child should be at the heart of their own learning journey. Our approach to education is all about making learning a hands-on and creative adventure, where your child actively participates in their education. We connect this interactive learning with structured lessons.

Why is Personalized Learning Important?

Our teaching style, based on a socio-cultural approach, aims to nurture every aspect of your child’s development – their body, mind, and emotions. In our play-based environment, children not only learn but also grow socially and emotionally. This growth helps them sharpen their thinking, solve problems, handle conflicts, and manage their impulses.

Starting with Play-Based Learning

The foundation of personalized learning is rooted in open-ended play experiences. These experiences provide valuable opportunities for your child to develop social and emotional skills, as well as academic and problem-solving abilities. Our preschool is designed to encourage creative and open-ended exploration, which is a key part of our curriculum.

Connecting Play to Learning

We don’t just let children play without purpose. We carefully plan their activities to connect the dots between their play experiences and important areas like literacy and math. This way, we help them build essential skills while having fun and exploring.

At Camelback Holistic Preschool, we believe that every child has their own unique way of learning, and we’re here to support and nurture their individual journey. Through personalized learning, we empower children to grow into confident, creative, and capable learners.

If you’d like to learn more about our personalized learning approach, please feel free to reach out. We’re here to answer your questions and provide your child with the best possible educational experience.

Our educators have purpose, with specific goals and learning in mind for each child. This begins with the foundation of all human relationships—trust. The relationship between teacher and child is the secret to motivation and provides the teacher with the insight to direct a child’s natural curiosity toward educational goals.

The core of our curriculum. Your child’s brain is learning faster than it will for the rest of their life, but not in the same way adults learn. Children learn through play, and our curriculum was created to be academically rich within the context of your child’s natural mode of learning.

Developmentally appropriate practice means that:

• We will meet children where they are at, taking into account their individual physical, emotional, social, and cognitive developmental characteristics.
• We will identify goals for children that are both challenging and achievable – helping children stretch themselves without trying to make impossible leaps.
• We recognize that what makes something challenging and achievable will vary, depending on a child’s individual development, experiences, knowledge, skills, and the context within which the learning is taking place.