Welcome to Happy Kids Reggio NY, where Early Childhood Education is at the heart of our mission. In our Parenting Center, we cultivate a nurturing and respectful environment, recognizing each child's potential and inspiring them to achieve new milestones.
With a deep-rooted passion for education that started at 16, I continually enhance my expertise in early childhood education. Armed with a Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education, specialization in Comprehensive Care for Children under three, a graduate study in Early Intervention, and a Business Management degree, we hold ourselves accountable for delivering top-tier childcare.
Currently pursuing a Master's in Early Childhood at City College, my dedication to enriching early education remains steadfast. As the director of Niños Felices Peru, I embraced the transformative Reggio Emilia approach. After working as a pedagogista and health and safety director in Manhattan schools, my desire to amalgamate knowledge and experience led to the creation of Happy Kids Reggio NY—a purposeful space guiding families to provide exceptional early education.
Welcome to Happy Kids Reggio NY, where high-quality early childhood education and care blossom!
MISSION:
Our mission is to provide infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with a holistic development experience using the Reggio Emilia approach. With a child-centered focus, we aim to cultivate creativity, critical thinking, and a sense of community in a safe and joyful environment, empowering children throw our early childhood education for lifelong success.
VALUES:
1. Happy Kids Priority: Happy kids are our utmost priority at our Flushing, Queens, location. We love, listen to, care for, and respect each child, valuing their uniqueness and fostering their excellence and competence.
2. Sense of Community: We foster a strong sense of community and treat each other like family. We work together as a team with loyalty, maintaining order, cleanliness, and respect for rules and discipline.
3. Continuous Improvement: We strive for constant improvement, turning good things into great ones. We generate new ideas daily to enhance our work and approach obstacles as opportunities for growth.
4. Mutual Respect: We believe in mutual respect and fulfill our obligations with punctuality and excellence. We treat others as we wish to be treated, caring for and protecting our environment while responsibly and efficiently utilizing resources.
5. Commitment to Reggio Emilia: Our unwavering commitment to the Reggio Emilia approach drives us to continually improve and provide the best possible education for our children in Flushing, Queens.
At our center, these values guide our actions and shape our commitment to nurturing happy kids, fostering a strong community, pursuing continuous improvement, practicing mutual respect, and upholding the principles of the Reggio Emilia approach.
"Here we have children and adults who seek the pleasure of playing, working, talking, thinking, and inventing together, engaged in learning how the existence and the relationships of things and of people can be sought out and enjoyed in friendship."
-Loris Malaguzzi,1983