Author: Phillip C Darling

Darling Tribes Inc

3650 Corrales Road
Corrales, NM 87048

An Academic Preschool

The mission of Darling Tribes Inc is to provide a fun and challenging learning environment for each child that maximizes his or her ability to learn. At Darling Tribes Inc, the natural curiosity and creativity of all children stimulate exploration of the arts and sciences within an emergent (child-originated and teacher-framed) curriculum. The goals of our program are to establish a joy of learning, the ability to problem solve, and an appreciation for the importance of diversity and cooperation.

Tel: 505-898-6565

How about a revolution in learning?

Phone: 505-898-6565
Fax: 505-898-6586
E-mail: chief@darlingtribes.com

Darling Tribes Inc

Our Mission

Darling Tribes Inc is an academic preschool for ages 3-5. We teach math, art, and science in a Reggio-Emilia project-based format in the afternoon. We teach reading in the mornings.
While many preschools focus on “learning through play”, our philosophy is that children should “play while learning.”
We feel it is important to teach reading at an early age. At Darling Tribes, we find that preschoolers love to learn to read.
It gives them a great feeling of self-confidence, and a brand new world to explore. Each child progresses at their own pace, a function of their innate capability, and the pace at which they (the child) want to progress.

Darling Tribes Inc

3650 Corrales Road
Corrales, NM 87048

APS’s academic achievement report for 2005 indicated that only 56% of 3rd to 5th graders scored proficient or better for their grade level. We are concerned about the 44% that were not proficient, and feel that children should read when they’re ready, not at a specified grade level.
One of our primary goals is to foster a love of reading in our children that will hopefully stay with them for the rest of their life.
Children at Darling Tribes typically enter kindergarten and elementary very confident about their abilities.
About Reggio Emilia
Projects are studies of concepts, ideas, and interests which arise within the group. Considered as an adventure, projects may last one day, one week, or sometimes continued throughout the school year.
During collaborative group work, children are encouraged to dialogue, critique, compare, negotiate, hypothesize, and problem solve.
Many perspectives promote both a sense of group membership and the uniqueness of the individual.
The curriculum is child-originated and teacher-framed (not child-centered and teacher-directed).
Within our school, great attention is given to the look and feel of the room. Environment is considered the “third teacher.”
Teachers organize space for small and large group projects, and small spaces for one or two children. Our whole school is common space, and children move within their groups and with their teacher to different areas of the school.

Darling Tribes Inc

Phone: 505-898-6565
Fax: 505-898-6586
E-mail: chief@darlingtribes.com