“We can best help children learn, not by deciding what we think they should learn and thinking of ingenious ways to teach it to them, but by making the world, as far as we can, accessible to them, paying serious attention to what they do, answering their questions - if they have any - and helping them explore the things they are most interested in.”
HOW DOES IT WORK?
At Bloom Academy, there is no mandatory or predetermined curriculum taught. Instead, our kiddos choose what they learn and how to spend their time. We believe that children can learn core academic skills if they are given the time, space, and support they need to explore their individual interests and strengths. Because we’re not bound by the restrictions of a curriculum, grade-level expectations, or state standardized testing, we have the ability to focus on ensuring our children are developing the characteristics and skills necessary to live a happy, healthy, self-sufficient life. We focus greatly on self-confidence and self-respect, empathy, integrity, self-control and adaptability, curiosity and creativity, perseverance, and optimism.
So what does learning look like at Bloom?
