Children need time to explore new learning tools before they can use them.They need to understand what a tool can do before they are restricted to a narrow use or formal use of that tool. If a child is pushed too quicklyto use a tool before they've been given time to explore, they'll take time to play! Give a child a set of unifex cubes or any kind of math manipulativethat they've never used. The first thing a child does is play with that tool. If they've not had time to explore and play with that tool, they focus on the tool rather than on the math concept they are trying to learn.

Our mission is to provide an excellent Pre-Kindergarten through graduation learning experience that
enables all students to demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and attitudes required for lifelong learning
and productive citizenship in an ever-changing global society.

ontinuous Improvement:
Everyone. Every Way. Every Day.