Maryland preschool childhood education - Georgetown Hill Early Childhood Center - Endorses a whole child approach to teaching and learning for children from infants, toddlers, Pre-K, nursery school, child care, after school program, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, summer camp programs, guided discovery, whole child curriculum, field trips, five campuses, career, careers, employment, teach, teacher, assistant- local, best, rated, accredited, Montgomery County, Frederick County, Maryland, MD, Washington D.C., Potomac, Rockville, Darnestown, North Potomac, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring, Kensington, Chevy Chase, Montgomery Village, 20854, 20878, Route 28, Rockville Pike, Route 355, Poolesville, Seneca, Point of Rocks, Dickerson, Boyds, Clarksburg, Bethesda

About Us / Philosophy

History
Georgetown Hill Early School was founded in 1980 by Ellen Cromwell, who now serves as board chair and Head of School. Georgetown Hill Early School is a non-profit organization, and since 2000 has expanded to multiple campuses in Washington, D.C. and the Maryland suburbs.

Philosophy
The Georgetown Hill School endorses a “whole child” approach to teaching and learning that reinforces and expands upon children's natural competencies. We call our program the P.L.A.N. curriculum, as developed by Ellen Cromwell in her book, Nurturing Readiness in Early Childhood Education: A Whole Child Model for children 2-5, Allyn & Bacon.

Ellen Cromwell, Founder & Head of School

The primary components of the curriculum are play, learning, the arts and nurturing. The P.L.A.N. curriculum cultivates learning by integrating activities that promote each child's multiple intelligence's. In a carefully planned yet creative environment, children are given opportunities to acquire knowledge as they build upon emerging interests and develop friendships. Cognitive, social and physical development are fostered through relationships, the creative arts, foundational content areas, basic skills mastery, values training and motor skills acquisition.

Georgetown Hill's innovative, child centered program:

Cultivates the mind, body and creative spirit within each child.
Trains in practical life skills, manners and social development.
Fosters an independent attitude that encourages children to make choices, solve problems, reflect, reason and test their environment.
Supports a process-before-product orientation that reinforces the development of ideas through experimentation and discovery.
Encourages a disposition for learning that enables students to take pride in their accomplishments.
Establishes a strong foundation in literacy and through the language arts and promoting aptitudes for thinking and problem solving through creative and constructive play.
Allows children to develop a sense of themselves and how they fit into an interdependent global community.