A Brief History
Active Thinkers Child Development Center was founded in May 2009 with the belief that children should be given equal opportunities to grow holistically—physically, socio-emotionally, and cognitively.​ The stakeholders of the children's education must provide an equal focus on their multiple intelligences to achieve their full potential.
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Active Thinkers' goal for children in their formative years is to enhance character formation and promote values-based education, which plays an essential part in their development. Active Thinkers teaches children to respect diversity, be gentle to animals and nature, and respect older people, among other critical Filipino values.
We believe that aside from enhancing the children's cognitive skills, equal focus should be given to building their character and forming life skills.
​Our center also promotes collaborative learning. A collaborative classroom encourages deeper learning and builds the child's reasoning and listening skills. For older children, collaboration provides a venue for each student to speak out through their small groups. Doing this will help develop their critical thinking and provide accountability for all members.
Active Thinkers Child Development Center had its soft opening in the summer of May 2009 through our Summer Fun Programs. We excitedly welcomed the 3s class in our Arts and Crafts Program and the Vertical class - 4s, 5s, and 6s in our Reading Program. With the School Year 2009-2010 opening, AT CDC offered complete preschool programs for toddlers and preparatory levels.
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As the years passed, we started to grow in number. A few years after our opening, we offered Grade 1 level, still catering to a progressive approach to teaching, this time incorporating Literature-based and SG Math in our curriculum. As we moved further, we began integrating an evidence-based approach to Reading through the Multi-Sensory and Structured Language Approaches to our beginning and struggling readers in K2 and Primary levels.
Indeed, our center has gone a long way. We may have increased in number and continuously improved our facilities and curriculum, but we still follow the same guiding principles we have grown to believe since 2009.
Mission
Active Thinkers aims to build a solid foundation for future education and mold minds critical to learning. We encourage children to explore, discover, and experience things as they happen so that later in life, they can come up with their ideas rather than give responses learned from rote or pencil-and-paper drills.
Vision
We envision our Active Thinkers evolving into independent, God-fearing individuals ready to face global challenges, eager to explore new ideas, and always passionate about learning.
The visionary behind
Active Thinkers
Dr. Lenith Señora is a Communication graduate at the University of the Philippines. Her passion for educating young children and empowering families led her to further studies in this area. She finished her Master’s Degree in Family Life and Child Development also from the same university.
Teacher L has also completed her PhD in Child and Family to further equip herself with the latest trends and technologies in supporting the educational requirements of young children. She is also involved in studying the evolving Filipino families and how this can be translated to a healthy parent-teacher partnership in school and the community.