Teaching the Joy of Learning
At this stage in your child’s development, forcing facts upon them in the wrong environment can do more harm than good. It can turn a dreamer into a realist far too soon.
So we make learning fun at our school. We teach valuable lessons through games, music, art and make-believe. Because we know learning should be a wonderful adventure, not a 
grueling competition. And for education to take place in the beginning of a young life, it should be as natural and enjoyable as play.
To the untrained eye, our learning centers look more like play areas than places to gain knowledge. Some might see our sand tables as nothing more than a place for a kid to make a mess. But to the fertile young mind, a sand table can be the foundation for a skyscraper or a field for planting next season’s crop of jelly beans.
We believe a child learns best by doing, not by watching something being done. They need to explore and experiment with their own mind and hands at their own pace. And they need
the support, guidance, and encouragement of someone who respects them, so they can learn to respect themselves.
We don’t teach children to always have an answer. Instead, we teach them to be motivated to always have another question. The result is a self-confident, naturally curious child who has developed a love for learning. And that will last a lifetime.
Supplemental Programs
This fall, Harmony continues to find the best specialists to supplement our own curriculum at each of our schools. Parents are under no obligation to subscribe to these programs, but they are a time saver if you were already going to enrich your child’s learning by taking them for various lessons and trainings after hours. They are:
Musically Yours
For over 20 years, this program has been teaching children how to sing, the letters of the musical alphabet, rhythm and note values, famiiarity with great classical works and more. Research grows that the accomplishments of children who are musically oriented and their achievement in math are linked.
Tumblebus
A yellow school bus that has been turned into a gym allows children dual joy – they love the bus in and of itself, but they are training their muscles while they have a great time.
Cooking with Gail
A no heat cooking program where children create an appetizer sized treat each week, practice their measuring skills, learn about new foods (which they then get to eat!) and build confidence in their culinary abilities.
Salta Jump
Beginning Spanish class, first orientation to a second language in a formal way for many of our students.
Computertots
Instructors work their way through a curriculum that includes children taking their own photographs and making videos through a laptop.
Amazing Athletes
Introductions to sports like lacrosse and golf for students who have “graduated” from the Tumblebus and are getting ready to play team sports.
