Anna Destefani's Contact Details

Anna Destefani's Company Details

The Growing Place Preschool

Westlake Village, CA, US • 20 - 49 Employees
Education/Training

The Growing Place promotes learning through intentional, carefully planned learning experiences that enhance the social, emotional, physical, and intellectual growth of each child in a nurturing environment. The Growing Place vigorously promotes a vision of inclusiveness, and strives to reflect the diversity so richly represented in Southern California. The Growing Place teaching philosophy is based on active learning. Teachers facilitate activities in an environment that fosters self-expression, independence, and respect for others. Students are stimulated to explore, share ideas, and build on and expand their knowledge. Children are stimulated to explore, share ideas, and build on and expand their knowledge. Teachers prepare activities that allow students to manipulate their materials and formulate their own conclusions based on their previous knowledge, their new observations and the ideas of both other children and the teacher. The goal is to create a stimulating environment where students are engaged in joyful learning.