Purple Circle Early Childhood Program

Purple Circle is committed to seeing and supporting each child as a unique and interesting individual. Children’s questions and ideas contribute to curriculum planning. Children explore through a variety of mediums, such as drawing, painting, clay, music, literature, block building, and dramatic activity. Our classrooms are designed to encourage opportunities for all types of learning. Instead of feeding children a set of facts, we take their daily discoveries and questions and examine them in depth. The social environment of the classroom encourages and supports cooperation, sharing ideas, and working together. Our teachers pay close attention to the social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development of all of our children. Fundamental to the school’s philosophy is living the idea of democracy which encourages us to learn how to live together and accept our responsibilities and obligations as participating members of our society. When the curriculum is tailored to meet the individual’s strengths and interests, and the environment supports this, the children come to see themselves as capable thinkers and learners, making sense of and imagining the world around them.