Discovery Tree Schools — Tad Lane is a childcare and early-learning centre in Citrus Heights, California. The site is part of the Discovery Tree & Arista Schools network and offers hands-on, play-based early education and care.
Discovery Tree Schools at the Tad Lane location is a mixed-age early childhood centre that is part of a multi-site organization. The program emphasis is on hands-on, child-centered learning that supports social, emotional, physical and cognitive development.
The program follows an open, exploratory approach that values play as a learning method and adapts activities to individual developmental needs. The organization describes its curriculum as Reggio-inspired and uses mixed-age groupings and learning centers to encourage choice, investigation and creativity.
The centre provides nutritious snacks and meals at many locations; at the Tad Lane site, school-age children bring a packed lunch while the centre provides two snacks daily. Families complete an enrollment packet and the centre requires physician documentation for severe allergies and signed emergency care authorization where appropriate.
An after-school program described as flexible and tailored to individual children; transportation from schools by school vans is noted and a distance learning option is offered. Stated staffing ratio is 1:12.
A program described for very young children that uses the R.I.E. (Resources for Infant Educarers) philosophy and emphasizes respect for infants as natural explorers and self-learners. Stated staffing ratio is 1 to 4.
A hands-on, open-learning-centre program balancing teacher-directed activities and open center time where children move between centers and choose projects as their interests change. Stated staffing ratio is 1:9 (preferred local ratio noted as 1:9).
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