Our Values

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We are a play-based, Reggio-inspired learning environment, in which educators facilitate a developmentally appropriate, emergent curriculum to foster the engagement of children and promote learning through play. Curriculum emerges from the children’s interests and ideas and educators facilitate these interests by creating related activities and providing materials for investigation. 

Children are exposed to the Spanish language daily through activities that urge their love for this language.  However, we respect and value children’s culture and home language. We believe that language also helps build an identity in young children and that it is important for children to connect to their own language. We tailor our bilingual play-based environment to promote the Spanish language while allowing children to express themselves in their own or desired language.  

We aim to nurture, maintain, and develop deep relationships between: 

• Child and self to develop a healthy self-esteem
• Child and educator to develop trust, confidence, and curiosity, 
• Teacher and family to develop a support mechanism, communication, and partnership,
• Child and nature to develop environmentally-friendly practices
• Child and Dublin community to develop empathy for important issues that affect us and others. 

We relate Jesus to our everyday life through our conversations, stories, songs, and daily grace. We follow Jesus's example by practicing love, respect, empathy, and acceptance of others, the environment and themselves.