MISSION STATEMENT
Firefly Academy provides the highest quality preschool and Kindergarten learning environment through nurturing your child’s inner teacher, fueling self-discovery and awareness, and facilitating creative and social stimulation in a safe and supportive atmosphere.
At Firefly Academy we believe that children gather and retain information best through the process of discovery fueled by internal motivation. Socialization is a key component in personal and educational development, and needs to be fostered in early childhood experience and education. We believe that through play, developmentally appropriate and intellectually stimulating activities, children will achieve better preparedness for lifelong learning. In the preschool years learning is play and play is learning.
What does it mean to be Montessori-Inspired?
Montessori elements in our program: a differentiated classroom setting, self-directed learning, and the process of learning through positive peer influence while remaining independent and in control of one’s choices. Access to self-correcting Montessori materials allows the child to be his/her own teacher with many objectives built into the design. In addition, we provide a carefully “prepared environment” to allow freedom of choice.
We also strongly maintain, and evidence supports, that children move through stages in a set order, but not necessarily at a set pace; this is one of many reasons we believe in the richness of a multi-age program. Another is that the positive interaction among mixed ages provides a framework to develop compassion, leadership, responsibility, accountability, and empathy.