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The
principal goal of education...should be creating men and women who are
capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other
generations have done.”
- Jean Piaget  Teachers at Prairie
Creek encourage children to think flexibly and creatively. As
mathematicians, students discuss many different ways to find a
solution. Science explorations help students develop their own
hypotheses and design their own experiments.
Walk into Prairie Creek and one of the first things you will see is the art of children. You might find a group rehearsing a play they have written. You will certainly find an author or two busily scribbling away. Visit at recess and you’ll likely be invited into one of the many forts in the woods. There, students have created an entire world, complete with legends, corncob “money,” and mud pie bakeries. celebration of the arts The arts are not “extra” at Prairie Creek - they are central to the learning process. Each week, children follow their artistic interests in ninety-minute art studios and eighty minutes of music instruction. There, they learn to express themselves with instruments, song, and dance. Yearly art residencies bring more experiences to our children. Prairie Creek children learn to communicate creatively. Prairie Creek students share their knowledge through writing, drama, sculpture and painting. They challenge each other to find new solutions. We marvel at children’s ability to re-invent their world - and ours. |
