What sets us apart · The Green Garden approach
A child can be known deeply, challenged thoughtfully, and free to experience the wonder of being little.
That belief shapes the spaces we build, the food we serve, the questions teachers ask, and the way we respond when a child needs us most.
Known. Capable. Connected. Curious. Childhood has room for all of it here.
The choices behind the day
Our approach is visible in ordinary moments: the time a teacher gives a child to try, the question that opens a new idea, and the welcome a family feels at the door.
Children learn with people they trust. Teachers get to know each child’s rhythms, interests, and ways of communicating, then build real partnerships with the people who know them best: their families.
Explore our family-focused community →A child makes a plan, tries it, changes it, and comes back with a new question. Teachers observe closely and offer the materials, language, and support that help thinking grow.
Explore curious learning →Gardens, trails, mud, weather, and animals give children real things to care for and investigate. Playgrounds are places for questions, movement, reasonable risk, and discovery.
Explore our outdoor classrooms →Food, rest, belonging, and emotional safety all shape a child’s day. Thoughtful vegetarian meals and responsive adults make well-being part of the experience, not an afterthought.
Explore nutrition & wellness →What learning looks like
A bowl of fruit becomes a shared investigation when children have room to look closely together.
They can notice color and texture, compare what they see, use new words, and ask where food comes from. A teacher can stay with their curiosity and help the experience carry into the rest of the day.
That is learning with depth: attention, language, collaboration, and the confidence to keep wondering.
Intentional teaching
Green Garden uses HighScope’s active-learning approach. Children have choices, engage with materials and people, and build understanding through their own experiences. Teachers observe, document, and plan with intention.
For preschoolers, the plan-do-review process gives children a way to name an idea, act on it, and reflect. In the earliest years, responsive relationships and hands-on exploration lay the groundwork.
See our programs →Teachers make space for children to think, solve problems, build relationships, and discover what they can do.
Social & emotional learning
A hard goodbye, a disagreement, a tower that falls: these moments ask something of the adults, too. Our team draws from Conscious Discipline to practice safety, connection, and problem solving with children.
Children learn how to handle big feelings through relationships and repeated experiences with caring adults. We keep building consistency in that work across our schools.
Explore Social & Emotional LearningBehavior tells us something. Our response teaches something.The Green Garden day
A whole childhood
These choices make a school feel like a place where children belong, families are partners, and learning can take root.
Gardens and animals create everyday opportunities to observe, ask questions, and practice gentleness.
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A familiar voice, a held hand, and a teacher who responds help infants build trust from their very first days.
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Children experience food with their senses and begin to connect what grows in the world with what is on their plate.
See nutrition & wellness →See the difference in person
Walk the spaces, meet the people, and tell us what matters to your family. Our enrollment team can help you explore the right school and program.