Thank you for visiting us at Inspire Preschool Academy in Natomas! Here at Inspire we believe that each child brings with him/her a unique personality and learning style. It is our goal to inspire and support each child's need to learn in a variety of ways to accommodate these different styles. Our philosophy has been most influenced by the "discovery model of learning" as described by Lev Vygotsky. Vygotsky was a well-known Russian psychologist and philosopher who believed that children's learning develops naturally through various paths of discovery. He saw learning as a social and collaborative activity that cannot be "taught". Children "construct" knowledge based on what he/she already knows. The teacher/parent/peer plays a very important role as a facilitator for this process.

The challenge for our teachers/facilitators is to design situations in which they can support children's learning by asking appropriate questions directed at optimizing learning. Through the use of the facilitator, children are able to perform more tasks than he/she would have been able to do independently.

We believe children…
*Are self-motivated, curious learners
*Learn by watching others
*Learn through repetition
*Learn how to treat others by the way they are treated
*Learn best when they are surrounded by people who care about them and who are working together to support their learning.