Learning at Hanna is woven in the social context and enhanced by a child’s collaboration in group projects and play. Additionally, the relationship between teachers, parents and school consultants provide a healthy climate for enhancing the innate developmental potential in each child.

Our curriculum, which is ignited by children’s ideas and theories, supports a child’s enormous curiosity about the world and enthusiasm for learning. Children are always viewed as competent and capable members of our community, and when offered tools and materials to expand wonder and investigate, children build intellect through meaningful experiences.

Expressive arts provide avenues for children to symbolically convey their thoughts and feelings through verbal and non-verbal communication, as well as the use of their senses. Creativity is encouraged and supported through what Reggio philosophy terms The Hundred Language of Children. This includes, but is not limited to, sculpture, dramatic play, painting, music, construction, inventive writing and sewing.

Our spaces are equipped with open-ended materials and raw textures to provide organic vehicles for exploration and discovery. We offer large body and small motor opportunities that appeal to children’s wide range of abilities and interests. We believe young imaginations and inquisitive minds can best create meaning and make sense of their world through supportive environments that are full of open-ended possibilities.