In the Nursery School our teaching strategies are based on the knowledge that children learn at varying rates; that learning is not necessarily linear; and that individuals learn in different ways. The staff also acknowledge the need to consider every aspect of a child’s development, appreciating that delay in one area can influence another.

The following links illustrate examples of teaching strategies used by staff. Each is adapted to the individual children involved and the intended learning outcomes.

Appropriate New Experiences
“Stepped” Approach 
Opportunities to Practise
Feedback
Fostering independence
Children’s Progress and Achievement  

…… and Finally 
“… we recognise the right of children to realise and expand their potential, placing great value on their ability to socialise, receiving their affection and trust, and satisfying their needs and desires to learn.  And this is so much truer when children are reassured by an effective alliance between the adults in their lives, adults who are always ready to help, who place higher value on the search for constructive strategies of thought and action than on the direct transmission of knowledge and skills.  These constructive strategies contribute to the formation of creative intelligence, free thought and individuality that is sensitive and aware, through an ongoing process of differentiation and integration with other people and other experiences.”  

Malaguzzi (1996: The Hundred Languages of Children p214)