Our Mission
At Teacher Claire’s Sing and Play Studio, our mission is to nurture the natural curiosity and creativity of every child by fostering a love for learning in a safe, supportive, and joyful environment. We embrace a child-led approach, where each child’s interests and ideas guide their learning experiences. Our commitment is to develop the whole child by encouraging exploration, promoting social-emotional growth, and building a strong foundation of academic skills through play-based and developmentally appropriate activities. We aim to empower children to become confident, compassionate, and independent thinkers who are ready to thrive in their next educational journey.
The Hundred Languages of Children
The child
is made of one hundred.
The child has
a hundred languages
a hundred hands
a hundred thoughts
a hundred ways of thinking
of playing, of speaking.
A hundred always a hundred
ways of listening
of marveling, of loving
a hundred joys
for singing and understanding
a hundred worlds
to discover
a hundred worlds
to invent
a hundred worlds
to dream.
The child has
a hundred languages
(and a hundred hundred hundred more)
but they steal ninety-nine.
The school and the culture
separate the head from the body.
They tell the child:
to think without hands
to do without head
to listen and not to speak
to understand without joy
to love and to marvel
only at Easter and Christmas.
They tell the child:
to discover the world already there
and of the hundred
they steal ninety-nine.
They tell the child:
that work and play
reality and fantasy
science and imagination
sky and earth
reason and dream
are things
that do not belong together.And thus they tell
the child
that the hundred is not there.
The child says:
No way. The hundred is there.
Poem by Loris Malaguzzi
Translated by Lella Gandini
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