Looking for a community to nurture your independent and curious child?
At Butler Street Co-op located on 90 Bond Street right off Atlantic Avenue the team draws from many play-based progressive teaching philosophies to present a curriculum that nurtures the whole child. Social and emotional objectives are considered with the same value, attention, and developmental expectations, as cognitive and academic objectives. The emphasis is on helping children create meaning from a rich set of experiences inside and outside the classroom. Dramatic play, messy art and sensory material, books, stories, songs, dance parties, playground time, neighborhood outings, cooking, flower arranging, snack time, and a whole lot of laughing (small amounts of crying too), in a genuinely warm and respectful community inspires confidence, and self respect. Kids get exposure to numbers and letters through contextualized curiosity-based experiences, while practicing the skills they need to be good friends and successful students. Butler Street Co-op provides just enough structure that the day is predictable, and the space accessible, and the creative freedom to let the children engage their classroom in the ways that feel right to them.
The combined 3s/4s class meets five mornings a week from 9–12 am. There will be sixteen children and three teachers—a lead teacher and two assistants. This program costs $10,950 for the 2014/2015 school year.
Contact: [email protected] 646–522–3213
