The child’s competence is the first goal of Greystone House. Every child is born with a pattern for greatness. Our role as a school is to enable that power by creating an environment that does not hinder the child. When we follow the child and support his drive to be the best he can be, our whole society will advance.

The child grows best in an environment of peace and serenity, secure and trusting. The child is confident that she knows what to expect and what is expected of her because of the routine of coming every day to a teacher she’s known for years with friends who have been with her for an equally long time. This routine encourages every child from the youngest infant to our graduating kindergartners. The peace of knowing that she will come to competence in her own time and in her own way enables her to put all her energy toward accomplishment and growth, not needing to divert an iota to worry or protection of herself.

In this environment of competence and peace, a beauty appears. It’s the beauty of simplicity and naturalness, lacking artifice. The child understands that it’s the process itself that is beautiful. Many times, product is extraneous because the child is already moving forward again toward the adult he is to become, toward the ultimate product of his life.