Our unique curriculum is based on “The Joy of Teaching,” a state of the art, in-house program for Creative teachers that opens the doors to a new way of being with children. Teachers facilitate the exploration of inner and outer knowledge, learning and growing for children. Our teaching methods, guided by the Sacred Classroom pedagogy, helps teachers channelize the energy of children appropriately while helping them retain their essence. And what a joyful process it is for us!
Children learn best through play. In a young child’s world there is no difference between work and play. Lessons are explored in an experiential manner through play, design, contemplation, and communication. Performance and fine arts, sports and crafts are explored as mediums for exploring life lessons. Adults utilize many different mediums (art, storytelling, clay, hand work etc.) and resources such as learning aids to facilitate heart-centered learning that includes traditional subjects. Even traditional subjects are explored through joyful ways while keeping the child’s natural learning style in mind.
Old systems of teaching often give children second hand information, expecting them to absorb in ways that dulls and shuts them off. The best innovators and leaders of the world never followed these archaic systems. They took risks far beyond what the outside world “safely” allowed them to do. Most educational systems prepare children only for exams. This is hardly the goal of education. Exam taking is another skill to be learnt with the right perspective, and should not be a goal by itself.
When we work with children today, we are often challenged, because our old ways of learning do not work for the child’s overall development into a complete human being. This boxed, “fitting a round peg in a square hole,” technique only thwarts their progress. Instead of resorting to age old methods, we facilitate learning in a way the heart is touched. This is the first step in joyful teaching and learning. True power lies within the heart. An empowered heart finds its own way amidst life’s challenges. We believe that Education needs to facilitate children’s needs in a heart-centric manner.