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Most of our infant\/toddler classrooms are arranged into looping cohorts. Looping allows children that begin together their infant year to have the same teachers and peers for three years until preschool. Our infant\/toddler classrooms operate year-round and enrollment occurs in August.<\/p>\n

Interested in seeing what our classroom spaces look like? Visit our Virtual Classroom Tours here<\/a>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Magnolia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teachers feel that this Magda Gerber quote best sums up their philosophy about the infant and toddler years: “An authentic\u00a0child is one who feels secure, autonomous, and competent. When we help a child to feel secure, feel appreciated, feel that ‘somebody is <\/em>deeply, truly interested in me,’ by the way we just look, the way we just listen, we influence that child’s whole personality, the way that child sees life<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Lauran Gieske, Demonstration Educator<\/em><\/td>\nRaleigh Sloan,\u00a0 Educator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Hickory (Non-Looping Older Toddlers)<\/strong><\/p>\n

“For a young toddler, every day is a new opportunity to discover something new, to elicit joy from the simple act of finding what we consider the most mundane objects.” \u2014Lizzie & Amy, Former Infant\/Toddler Looping Teachers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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, Demonstration Educator<\/em><\/td>\nNatalie Griffith, Educator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Sycamore<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The Sycamore children are curious, competent, ambitious, creative, inquisitive, independent, eager, silly, talkative. They are writers, artists, chefs, storytellers, researchers, builders, gardeners, scientists, risk takers, protagonists, and leaders.” \u2014Samantha Deal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

“We show children what love is. Ideally it is unconditional, patient, forgiving, and like each of us (and life itself) perfectly imperfect.”- Janet Lansbury
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Jess Capps, Demonstration Educator<\/em><\/td>\nElizabeth Braddock, Educator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Dogwood<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Ensuring that every child feels a sense of security and belonging within the school enables each child to accept and participate actively in transforming situations that are part of learning experiences”\u00a0 Loris Malaguzzi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Becca Jenkins, Coaching Demonstration Educator <\/em><\/p>\n

and Assistant Director of Innovation and Pedagogy<\/em><\/td>\n

Emily Harlow, Demonstration Educator<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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