The Montessori philosophy values inculcating independence, self help skills, and following each individual child at their own pace. Little Lights incorporates Montessori into its blended curriculum through utilizing the concept of a ‘work period’ for young children, allowing them to move through different lessons at their own pace and timing - accepting that each child grows and learns at different rates.

The Play-Based method of learning is founded upon the belief that children learn best when they learn through play. In this philosophy, it is believed that children are constantly fostering an understanding for the world around them as they move through the world they most naturally know how to - play. Little Lights encourages each child to glow as they grow, fostering a love for whatever ‘play’ the child gravitates toward.

Waldorf Learning is a holistic approach to education that is founded upon the principle of teaching ‘the whole child’. This emphasizes that it is most important for a child to grow altogether, with a threefold emphasis - head, heart, and hands. Little Lights emphasizes Waldorf’s importance of an artistic and rhythmic approach to teaching children. Gravitating their hearts and hands towards feeling and thinking being aligned as one.