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Progressive Early Childhood Education

A Unique Approach to Early Childhood Education

At Little Learner’s Lodge we have a unique three-tiered approach to early childhood education.

We offer an independent and progressive early childhood experience.

Our school provides young children with an early childcare education drawing from the Montessori and Pikler® methods. Our students are cared for and taught by early childcare specialists in an environment that encourages discovery, learning, and play. The school serves as a demonstration site for best practices in the field of early childhood education.

We offer training programs to enhance the skills of professionals who work in the field of infant care.

Our training programs support the professional development of frontline caregivers who regularly interact with children under six years. In addition, our mentor teacher trainers provide consultation and advocacy services locally and globally.

We offer guidance classes to support parents.

Little Learners Lodge offers a variety of education services for parents designed to enhance their skills in infant development and care.

Testimonials

"It was clear that Little Learners Lodge was the right choice for our family after we toured the school. Their due diligence in understanding if the program would be right for our family, not only reassured us that we were making the right decision for our son, it cemented our own beliefs behind the concept that what we are doing at home needs to complement by what our child is doing at school."

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"Having a background in early childhood education, I knew what was needed in an early childcare setting. I wanted my daughter's most formative years to get the attention and care they deserved. At Little Learners Lodge, they have a team of dedicated early childhood professionals putting research, mastery and love into everything they do with the children. I am delighted to have found such a special place for my daughter to spend her early years!”

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“At Little Learners Lodge they have created a place where everyone knows everyone by their name and personality, and by their interests and goals. To be seen and respected like this as a young child is an invaluable gift. The children move through their day with the confidence and surety that can only come from the feeling of security and trust in the adults caring for them. LLL is the gold standard for young children in care.”

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"Coming to Little Learners Lodge has allowed me numerous opportunities for growth, both personally and professionally. I have gained a deep appreciation for the Montessori method and how it supports and honors children's developmental stages. The teachers are the gold standard when it comes to developmentally appropriate practice.”

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"All the teachers at Little Learners Lodge are so kind and caring. This school is really something special. I felt completely comfortable leaving my 3 month old daughter in their care when I went back to work. I don’t think you’ll find a more highly qualified or experienced group of caregivers.”

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"The teachers care SO much about the students. They truly care about helping us raise amazing human beings!"

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Our Blog

Intentional Community Preschools- Bigger Bang for Your Preschool Buck

March 13, 2023

Recently a friend referred to our childcare center as an intentional community model. Unfamiliar with the term, I soon discovered intentional communities are planned communities defined by teamwork encompassing a group of people sharing a c ommon vision or ideal. Here, Magda Gerber’s parting words in Your Self-Confident Baby best describes the shared value system of MMP School: A respectful beginning is an investment in the future of the relationship between your child and you, your child and others, and in your child’s exploration of the world. A RIE beginning helps to develop a competent, confident child.

Infant Peer Learning- Five Essential Elements

October 25, 2022

When it comes to the research on peer learning, we don’t often think of infants. However, groups of young children together in a trusting environment demonstrate the earliest stages of this concept. Oftentimes, group providers miss these subtle learning interactions as we balance individual child physical care needs, governing regulatory obligations and parental requests and concerns. How can we trust that the child is learning without adult intervention? In peer learning, students will engage themselves intellectually , emotionally and socially in “ constructive conversation ” and learn by talking and questioning each other’s views and reaching consensus or dissent (Boud, 2001). Here we observe a child struggling to place the lid on the bottom of a bowling pin. He’s noticed the similar circles of the two objects, but he’s become frustrated in trying to put the two together.

The Empathetic Roots Of Flower Arranging

By Nido Marketing • September 26, 2022

Montessori Practical Life 101 invariably includes the outline for FLOWER ARRANGING. This pivotal work links all cornerstones of the Montessori environment from toddlerhood through elementary- first as a sensorial experience and, later as an in-depth research into the functions and parts of flowers themselves. The appeal of the arranging and the giving of flowers is universal- for centuries flowers have marked important milestones in our daily lives; expressed feelings of love, gratitude or sadness; or been admired as an appreciation for natural beauty. In the classroom, a vaseful of fragrant flowers provided an open invitation from which Dr. Maria Montessori took full advantage: The process of flower arranging is predictably sequenced with precision and care- as are all of the practical life activities- to best support the development of coordination, concentration, order and independence. The child puts on an apron, selects a vase, fills it with water and chooses the perfect flower to cut and place inside the vase. He then carries the vase and a small doily to a table in the room and lays down the vase carefully on the top corner of the table. There is often another child at work sitting there at the table who looks up. The two make eye contact and exchange a moment of silence.

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Little Learners Lodge

208 Church St, Mt Pleasant, SC, United States