Our Early Education Programs
Eliot-Pearson Children’s School provides an exemplary early education program to children ages 2.9 to 7 years old, guided by our core values that honor children and families, and grounded in the principles of child development and developmentally appropriate practices in early childhood.
Integrated Learning
At the Eliot-Pearson Children’s School, we strive to offer learning experiences that are active, meaningful, and integrated across multiple disciplines. We focus on the whole child to support all areas of development: socio-emotional, cognitive, language, physical – motor and perceptive, creativity and the arts.
Teaching Model
EPCS model of teaching and learning is based on a socio-constructivist approach, in which children are actively engaged in the learning process, with a focus on the social and collaborative dimensions of learning. Curriculum at EPCS develops through an interactive process between the child, the teacher and the environment. In each classroom group, there is a balance between teacher-planned activities and those activities that emerge from the children’s interests, abilities, and needs.
Emergent Curriculum
Our emergent curriculum is based on inquiry, problem solving, discovery and application of key issues and concepts. It points to connections within and across disciplines characterized by project-based, authentic learning, allowing more in-depth study of topics arising from children’s curiosity and queries.
