Our goal is to offer a joyful, loving, and beautiful environment in which each individual's unique personality, learning style, and rate of learning will be honored. Curriculum
We trust the often mysterious process by which every child develops and matures. We seek to witness, nurture, and guide the unfolding of each child's intelligences, humor, sense of wonder, and connection to others. We belie
ve that children express their understanding of their experiences through many "languages" such as storytelling, dramatic play, song, movement, paint, sculpture, and drawing. As we continue to build upon these languages we offer new colors to add to the child's communicative palette: an introduction to reading, writing, mathematics, and science. Plum Tree School Director/Teacher/Musician Melanie Luedders
Melanie has worked with children, parents, and teachers in the Northwest for the last 30 years. In addition to directing Plum Tree School, she teaches at music camps throughout the Northwest. Melanie holds an MA in Education and is an adjunct professor at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA.
