DCC utilizes the Reggio Emilia teaching style for all of our students. The Reggio approach suggests new possibilities – possibilities of developing skills, knowledge, and attitudes in children that could help them become more competent adults and life-long learners. This approach demonstrates a powerfully strong and unconditional respect for children and their ideas. In addition, the Reggio approach invites and encourages adults including teaching staff, directors, family workers and even parents to be thinkers, creators, communicators, and collaborators as they become more thoughtful and reflective. In using a Reggio approach, children’s constructions, words, songs, dramatics and paintings are valued as symbolic languages. Through such experiences children can both formulate thoughts and express ideas. Teachers play an active role by guiding children to reflect on and analyze experience and then to communicate what they know through multiple forms of expression. These representations are then displayed so the children may revisit the experiences and further discuss and reflect upon them.

Teacher to Children Ratio

Class	Age	Teacher:Children
Ocean     &     Sunshine	6wks-12mos	1:4
Frogs      &     Rainbow	12-24 mos	1:4
Mighty Ducks  &    Turtles	2-3 yrs	1:7
Dolphins	3-4 yrs	1:10
All Stars	4-5 yrs	1:10