One of the main components of our teachings, the children are immersed in a subject, such as the study of water or learning about China for 2-3 week stretches. Here they experience as many aspects of this subject as possible through drama, play, stories, math, science, pictures, the arts, practical life skills and field trips. Learning is enlivened and is stored in the child’s memory through rich experience, where the interconnection between things is naturally presented.

Lessons are vibrant and practical, and cause connections of understanding that are deep rooted. As an example, a math lesson may be taught through story and active participation (such as preparing snack), where the children begin to actually experience numbers and quantities. Children ‘become’ letters for the day as they explore the alphabet, its sounds and its words. Working with stones, sticks, sand and snow, learning to spell is an adventure. Teachers help to keep stimulated the children’s natural desire to learn.