{"id":1619,"date":"2012-11-26T20:12:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T20:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2bc.org\/?page_id=1619"},"modified":"2019-10-01T19:57:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T19:57:41","slug":"our-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/cdc\/about-us\/our-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Learning Through Play<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2bc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/homeliving.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1719 aligncenter\" title=\"homeliving\" src=\"https:\/\/www.2bc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/homeliving-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"197\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">It is our philosophy that children learn through play. &nbsp;Each child develops mentally, physically, spiritually, socially, and emotionally. &nbsp;Age-appropriate learning experiences are provided to allow each child to progress at his\/her own pace and to experience success in each of these areas through hands-on activities in learning centers. &nbsp;The curriculum that we use is activity-based. &nbsp;Since preschoolers are active learners they should be involved in activities that allow them to learn through experience rather than simply listening. &nbsp;They must have the ability to make choices such as: &nbsp;what center to play in, which resources to interact with, whether to play with a group or on their own, etc. &nbsp;Providing this kind of environment encourages them to express their creativity and learn what their preferences are. &nbsp;It teaches them the independence of making one&#8217;s own choices and allows them to grow socially. &nbsp;We invite you to read one of our favorite poems, &#8220;<a title=\"\u201cJust Playing\u201d by Anita Wadley\" href=\"https:\/\/www.2bc.org\/cdc\/poem\/\">Just Playing<\/a>&#8221; by Anita Wadley. &nbsp;It&#8217;s a great way to help &nbsp;parents understand how important play is to a child. &nbsp;To learn more about the Wee Learn curriculum and its benefits, please click&nbsp;<a title=\"Curriculum\" href=\"https:\/\/www.2bc.org\/cdc\/about-us\/curriculum\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Learning Through Play It is our philosophy that children learn through play. &nbsp;Each child develops mentally, physically, spiritually, socially, and emotionally. &nbsp;Age-appropriate learning experiences are provided to allow each child to progress at his\/her own pace and to experience success in each of these areas through hands-on activities in learning centers. &nbsp;The curriculum that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":1231,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7731,"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1619\/revisions\/7731"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}