A Program Showcase: Pine Grove School, Falmouth, Maine

Autor/in	Kalinowski, Michael
Titel	A Program Showcase: Pine Grove School, Falmouth, Maine
Quelle	In: Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, (2010) 194, S.84-85 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0164-8527
Schlagwörter	Child Development Centers; Montessori Method; Early Childhood Education; Young Children; Student Centered Curriculum; Teaching Methods; Preschool Education; Maine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Montessori pedagogics; Montessori-Pädagogik; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Frühe Kindheit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung
Abstract	Since 1809, there has almost always been a school in Macworth Point (now Falmouth), Maine, just north of Portland. In 1916 a brick, one-room schoolhouse was built on this property and named Pine Grove School. Unfortunately, it burned down a few days before the school opened and was rebuilt, and then expanded in 1941. In 1984, after a brief closure, Barbara (BJ) Fifield and Paula Silsby purchased it and restored the building, opening the Pine Grove Child Development Center the next year. It serves a total of 96 children per week. Accredited by NAEYC, the school has also received the highest level (Step 4) from Maine's Child Care Quality Rating System. Each of the three classrooms holds a maximum of 24 children, offering a 1:6 ratio in the preschool programs and an 1:8 ratio in the pre-primary and kindergarten programs. There is low staff turnover at this program, with several staff members having worked there more than 10 years, and two over 20 years. This year it celebrates its 25th birthday. This article showcases the early childhood program of Pine ;Grove, which follows a modified Montessori approach. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10