At Smart Start Preschool, children most often:

• Lead…rather than follow the teacher.

• Create…rather than duplicate.

• Move…rather than wait. Initiate…rather than imitate.

• Raise questions…rather than answer the teacher’s questions.

• Solve their own problems…rather than the teacher’s problems.

• Make art…rather than do crafts.

• Make books…rather than fill in workbooks.

• Decide…rather than submit.

• Choose wisely…rather than being told.

• Try again…rather than fail.  

          

Adapted from Sandra Crosser’s "The Butterfly Garden".