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Home › Articles › Preschool Prep › A Magical Garden

A Magical Garden

A New Approach to Learning

By Gwen Morrison

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Stacey Jaffy from Boca Raton, Fla., has been taking her daughter to A Magical Garden since its inception. "She loves playing in the colorful, intriguing play area that has both stimulating and hand-eye coordination type toys," she says. "The owners have done a terrific job making the play area look like a forest with fake trees in the middle of the floor and the mural on the walls."

Parental Involvement
A Magical Garden is the only center of its kind in the entire country. A Magical Garden involves parents and caregivers in the programs they offer, making it more fun for the children and allowing parents the opportunity to share their new language skills with their child. "If you can get the parent involved in the learning process of a child, the child learns better," says Poliafito-Ungerman. She believes that language is extremely important in a child's development.

"A Magical Garden caters to both the caregiver and the child, as both are experiencing the magic of other cultures and learning the language as well," she says. "Every month our cover words evolve. For instance, in September we learned about the human body, sense and emotions."

Committed to teaching language through interactive play and learning, there are several options available at A Magical Garden. There are classes in Spanish, Italian and French for all ages. In the area that resembles more of a traditional classroom, but with whimsical features, children learn language through flash cards, songs, rhymes and more.

The one-hour classes include both a playtime and a learning time. "After playtime comes class," says Poliatito-Ungerman. "Our classroom is a creative center where your childcan paint, mold clay, work puzzles, build blocks, imagine through dramatic play and much more."

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