Providing children with a safe environment for social and emotional development is our main priority at Mountain View. We help children develop social and emotional skills by utilizing two types of social teaching:

Intentional Teaching: In addition to daily incidental learning opportunities, your child will also participate in pre-planned teaching times. The content that is taught during these times covers a variety of social & emotional skills. Some of these skills are pre-planned yearly themes, (ie, in September we introduce compassion) and some are taught as a result of current or re-occurring group issues (ie, if possessiveness of toys is becoming an issue within the group we might introduce the concept of generosity).

Incidental Teaching: Each preschool day is filled with opportunities for social development. From learning to share a fire truck to entering and extending play. Our teachers strategically position themselves within the classroom to provide help, feedback and follow through as children learn these important skills. We appreciate the special friendships that form between children, and we also encourage an atmosphere of inclusiveness. A good deal of incidental teaching happens within the first few months of preschool as children discover their social potential to be friends with everyone in the group. The resulting classroom atmosphere is rewarding for both teachers and children!