At THE TINKER YARD,
children are allowed to have all the space and time they need to work on their
ideas.
Learning goals are
current and focused on helping children gain understanding and mastery through experiential play.
Children play and learn
in a calm yet inspiring mixed-age play space that allows them to be free to
express their thoughts, exercise their imagination and encourages them to learn to listen to different ideas in a
respectful and mindful way.
Age Groupings
18 months old to 23 months old
2 years old to 4 years old
4 years old to 6 years old
In planning the curriculum, we draw inspiration from
observations made of children's play. Curriculum at The Tinker Yard is informed by principles of RIE,
Playwork and the Reggio Emilia approach and framed by big ideas that children
have.
We hold a strong
view of children being competent, curious, full of knowledge, potential, and
interested in connecting to the world around them.
Children are respected as capable and competent learners. They are empowered to take ownership of their
learning whilst getting adequate support from the teachers.
At The Tinker Yard, mistakes are accepted. We believe that
children learn from failures as much as from successes.
Children are given opportunity to make decisions, try things
out, test their hypothesis and more importantly feel secure to take risks. We
learn by doing and mistakes are inevitable.
This is where
children feel safe, cultivate strong, secure and trusting relationships,
develop life skills and know that their thoughts & ideas are important and
valuable. Children learn to work together to achieve common goals as a team. They become self-motivated to seek solutions and collaborate with
others.
WHAT WE ARE NOT
· We do not follow a fixed daily schedule. The schedule is adjusted to meet children's needs.
· We do not follow a fixed daily schedule. The schedule is adjusted to meet children's needs.
· We do not make children sit for long
periods of time against their will.
· We do not compel children to work on
tasks that they have lost interest in.
· We do not use a top-down approach in
our interactions with children.
· We do not do time-outs or punishments.
· We do not use the thematic approach
that is overly structured and teacher-directed and allows little or no room for
children's voices to be heard.
· We do not believe in hot-housing
children.
· We do not view children as needing to
be fixed.
At times, the class
is taken outside to a nature park where children could have messy sensory and
art play. Learning journeys to interesting places around Singapore are also
organized periodically.
Children who stay with us for their formative years will be equipped with skills, values and knowledge that would carry them through challenges.
They will have all that they need to be successful in what they do AND more importantly, have a happy childhood.
We take great effort to create a culture of trust, care, empathy,
support and collaboration in our class community (children, families and
teachers). This is achieved through our practice of respectful and mindful
teaching.
To book a spot,
please connect with us through email, WhatsApp or SMS.
THE TINKER YARD
(by THE LEARNING CARAVAN)
Email: thelearningcaravan@gmail.com
WhatsApp/SMS:
84610186
