Child-Centered Learning
At Hopscotch Academy, our philosophy centers on the belief that children learn best when they are actively engaged and interested. We prioritize their natural curiosity and creativity.
Hopscotch Academy promotes the collaboration of children, families and the community to provide an inquiry-based education for young learners. Educators and children co-construct their learning experience through observation, intentional planning, a creative environment and active exploration of materials. Our goal is for each student to emerge as a socially capable, creative citizen who is a lifelong lover of learning.
How We Started
Hopscotch Academy was born from a desire to provide a progressive childcare program rooted in the Reggio Emilia approach. Our journey began in 2021 during the COVID pandemic, a time when we saw an urgent need for innovative and flexible early childhood education. With over 20 years of experience in childcare, our founder was inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach while assisting her son with a school report on Kobe Bryant.
Discovering that Bryant attended school in Reggio Emilia, Italy, sparked a deep interest in this unique educational philosophy. Believing that it could transform the way children learn and instill a lifelong love of learning, Hopscotch Academy was established to offer an enriching alternative to traditional preschool environments.
Safety & Security
Nothing is more important than your child’s safety and security.
Hopscotch Academy is committed to creating an environment where all children feel physically and emotionally secure. That sense of security and peace of mind will be extended to you as a parent as well. We offer several safety and security measures:
Our Security System
Hopscotch Academy features a state-of-the-art video security system that monitors activity inside each classroom, in all common areas, in our parking lot, and at all entrances.
Controlled Access to the Center
Each outside visitor to Hopscotch must be buzzed through our main entrance after being identified by our video security system.
Background Checks
All faculty, staff and regular visitors who interact with children at Hopscotch Academy are fingerprinted and subject to thorough criminal record checks, sex offender searches, social security verification and other screening measures.
Emergency Contacts and Approved Pick-up Lists
Each Hopscotch Academy family must submit a list of emergency contacts as well as a signed list of approved parents, grandparents, relatives and other caregivers who are allowed to pick up a child at the end of the day.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL A CHILD BE RELEASED TO A PERSON NOT ON THAT CHILD’S SIGNED PICK-UP LIST.
Reggio Emilia-Approach
The Reggio Emilia-inspired educational approach believes that, through its guiding principles, children are better able to solve problems, engage with their community and environment, welcome new experiences, build social skills, express themselves with confidence, and enjoy learning. The Reggio-Emilia Approach encourages children to be life-long learners by teaching them to ask questions and formulate the answers. The child-led curriculum stems from the particular interests of children. Lesson topics are derived from talking with children and their families, as well as from things that are known to be interesting to children rather than following a predetermined guideline.
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