The Mariposa Center

Mariposa pre-k program: our program encourages children to learn by imagining, inventing, building, role-playing, and creating their own play environments. This method informs confidence, collaboration, communication, and creative thinking. The program offers a way for parents to engage in a meaningful way with their children. The program offers close observation by The teacher and positive teacher-child interactions which move each child forward in their individual learning. We believe in teachers as role models for learning & healthy living. We build on The strengths of families. As an all-day learning environment for pre-kindergarten, The program serves as a laboratory for research on teaching & learning methods, as well as an incubator for developing a model of childhood learning in urban settings.

Parent/toddler group (currently inactive): families and preschool siblings from The highlander charter school meet weekly with a Mariposa teacher and assistant teacher. Parents and caregivers have The opportunity to deepen their relationships with their children, learn ways to share practical daily tasks and activities, cultivate oral language, and begin The process of slowing down and enhancing family life through simplicity.