SAGE A School template based on
the "New Learning Culture" Model.
Imagine a School Like This…
(Based on the book The New Learning Culture)
Picture a school nestled under shady trees in an inviting house that feels like a cozy home, complete with gardens and outdoor play and learning areas. As you enter the school grounds, you notice that this isn’t a usual family home. Instead, it has been transformed into a place for children: inspiration, beauty, play, movement, and learning opportunities are everywhere! You see an abundance of greenery, flowers, and fruit trees. Paths meander through them, leading to various learning areas: a playground, balancing, and movement area; a carpentry shed; shady tables and benches, hammocks, rocking chairs, a wood-burning pizza oven and fireplace; a vegetable garden; a pond. As you approach the building, you see a sign over the door: “Community Learning Center – Where We Grow and Learn Together.”
Indoors, you find that each room has been transformed into a self-directed learning environment with furniture of various sizes. A wardrobe offers boxes for the children’s personal things. Each room is dedicated to different subjects and purposes. The living room is prepared as a pretend play area. One of the bedrooms is a math room with Montessori materials and a great variety of other materials on accessible shelves; another bedroom is a writing and drawing room with many different writing tools, a printing press, and a mechanical typewriter. The bathroom is transformed into a science lab, and the kitchen is ready for cooking projects. Upstairs you come upon an elaborate arts and crafts studio with big tables and supplies available on shelves; next to it, an interactive library containing many things to touch and cozy couches to hang out, chat, and read on.
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Picture a school nestled under shady trees in an inviting house that feels like a cozy home, complete with gardens and outdoor play and learning areas. As you enter the school grounds, you notice that this isn’t a usual family home. Instead, it has been transformed into a place for children: inspiration, beauty, play, movement, and learning opportunities are everywhere! You see an abundance of greenery, flowers, and fruit trees. Paths meander through them, leading to various learning areas: a playground, balancing, and movement area; a carpentry shed; shady tables and benches, hammocks, rocking chairs, a wood-burning pizza oven and fireplace; a vegetable garden; a pond. As you approach the building, you see a sign over the door: “Community Learning Center – Where We Grow and Learn Together.”
Indoors, you find that each room has been transformed into a self-directed learning environment with furniture of various sizes. A wardrobe offers boxes for the children’s personal things. Each room is dedicated to different subjects and purposes. The living room is prepared as a pretend play area. One of the bedrooms is a math room with Montessori materials and a great variety of other materials on accessible shelves; another bedroom is a writing and drawing room with many different writing tools, a printing press, and a mechanical typewriter. The bathroom is transformed into a science lab, and the kitchen is ready for cooking projects. Upstairs you come upon an elaborate arts and crafts studio with big tables and supplies available on shelves; next to it, an interactive library containing many things to touch and cozy couches to hang out, chat, and read on.
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A Day at SAGE includes:
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