NEW!!  Atelier "At Home" Membership

We are excited to announce that we are now making our popular e-learning materials available online!  By purchasing a membership, you may access a wide range of materials suitable for preschool and elementary aged children, including videos, lesson plans and activity guides.  Our materials cover a lot of different areas including music, art, yoga, story time, and more!  

Click here to learn more!  Thank you for your support of our school!

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atelier: 
(ah-til-e-ay), 
n. A studio or workshop

"The child is made of one hundred.
The child has a hundred languages
a hundred hands
a hundred thoughts
a hundred ways of thinking of playing, of speaking..."
-Loris Malaguzzi (Translated by Lella Gandini)

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A place to learn, explore, discover, and create!

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Our Mission

To support learning in core developmental areas through creative experiences. The arts excite our senses, our emotions, and expand our imaginations! Giving young children opportunities to engage in integrated open-ended experiences promotes dynamic thinking and creative problem-solving.  

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Our Philosophy

The Atelier  is inspired by the Reggio Emilia educational approach.  This philosophy began in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and is renowned for the positive response from children and parents.

Each Reggio-inspired school contains an “atelier”, a studio, where children can investigate ideas through the creative process. Our name, The Atelier, draws from this idea.

We celebrate the idea that each individual has unique insights, approaches, and methods in their learning process. Our activities are centered in creative experiences while integrating nature, science, literacy, history, or math.

We believe in an emergent curriculum, in which children are active participants in their learning. Teachers listen carefully to the interest of their students and develop curriculum to support this interest. 

We embrace a holistic approach to education as children learn best when they draw connections and ideas between many different subjects.

We emphasize the importance of the journey or the process in learning.  It is through the process that comprehension and understanding develop.  Nurturing this process leads to meaningful learning and a positive relationship with school.

​We believe it is through open dialogue, respect, and acceptance that we can create a positive learning environment where children are able to express their own ideas.

We value a social-constructivist view of learning and promote an environment based on respect. We are a community of learners always collaborating and learning from each other.