The Early Childhood educator uses the child's state of perpetual inquiry, providing activities and materials to reach developmental and educational goals
Learning happens with every sense in every moment.
ART is child produced because mastery of materials comes from regular exposure and confident self expression requires that the teacher stay out of these creations.
Science: Both messy and passive science keep 'why?' alive in the classroom and to illustrate the satisfaction of a good question. Here the children prepare a mound of sand for a 'volcano'.
Music: Rote memorization is pre literacy but singing is fun. Rhythm instruments and familiar recordings are also used.
Each day your child will find play in fine and gross motor, cognitive goals, pre-literacy and logic, social, and sensory activities.
While themes are planned a year in advance, one week of every four remains available for 'emergent curriculum'. This is when the teacher expands on the children's interests.
Junior Kindergarten (ages 4 & 5)
Come and see how academics are blended into play and routine to lay the ground work for school. They learn letter names, sounds, symbols, and usage across the sensory planes in preparation for phonics. They learn the concept of "sets" along with the numerals to get ready for arithmetic. These children go to Kindergarten having mastered the small motor skills of writing and cutting. They all can write their own names and most will write their friends names!
Rainbow Room (for ages 2 & 3)
The expert play of the three year old attracts the attention of
the two year old. The three year old gets to be a hero daily showing off their
skill and wisdom to the impressed two year old. The teachers use small age
specific groups to elaborate on the skills and concepts useful in our Junior Kindergarten. Potty training is part of this learning and we provide this at no extra cost.
