Philosophy

We believe that every child is unique and develops at his/her own pace. Knowing this we believe that early childhood education is part of a crucial foundation for life, and is critical in a child’s physical, intellectual, cognitive, and emotional growth. Children need an environment where they feel loved, and feel safe physically, emotionally, and spiritually. First Friends practices a developmental and progressive philosophy in a home environment offering both child­ initiated and teacher ­directed activities. We believe children learn though play and exploration with direct experiences. Our curriculum is designed to enhance development of the whole child. Our home leads directly out to a big yard & patio w/ garden area, sand play, butterfly garden, chalk board and bikes. We take daily nature walks to local community garden for music and story time. Wednesday we walk to our local farmer's market. We also offer teacher directed and child initiated projects such as art, science, cooking, gardening, music and movement, early literacy(stories), block-building, and intro to languages