Riverview teachers are passionate about teaching young children.
On a daily basis, we intentionally provide many opportunities for joyful discovery and building a kinder world.
Our teachers strive to provide opportunities for structured and non-structured play. Our learning intentions are delivered through theme-based units, and we encourage every child to develop their language, cognitive, physical, social and emotional skills from our youngest 2-year-olds to our Kindergarten ready 5-year-olds!
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Riverview Nursery School’s main philosophy is to provide a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for your child. At RNS we aim to develop a child’s full potential by encouraging growth in social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development. Children are given opportunities to be creative with art, experience music, and movement, develop pre-reading and pre-math skills, explore science concepts, foster communication, and social skills, as well as various sensory activities that are also used to foster the child’s hands-on learning.
“Having a child feel safe and comfortable is the best first learning environment” Miss Jen - 2’s teacher
Early childhood education provides a solid foundation upon which future learning can be built. We plan a developmentally appropriate curriculum to meet the needs of each child, providing opportunities to support learning and challenge where possible.
A key element that we focus on at Riverview is the rapport between the teacher and the child. We pride ourselves on our nurturing environment where positive relationships are developed and children thrive. Using values, we intentionally help children recognize and act on “doing the right thing”, such as sharing, using kind words, including other children in play, etc.
Riverview’s philosophy embraces the thoughts, research, and respect for young learners as expressed by many educators in the field of Early Childhood Education. One major contributor to young children’s education is Lilian Katz, Ph.D. Professor of Childhood Development from Stanford University, past president of NAEYC, Professor Emerita at the University of Illinois, and author of many books for teachers and parents. In her book Intellectual Emergencies: Some Reflections on Mothering and Teaching, Lilian Katz* shares her view on what education is all about:
"...To me, it is about developing in the young certain dispositions. These dispositions should include being reflective, inquisitive, inventive, resourceful, full of wonder (wonder-full), and perhaps puzzlement too. These dispositions should also include the habits of searching for evidence; they should also include the dispositions to be tender, courageous, caring, compassionate and include some humor as well."
