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Learning Standards

CLASSROOM AND COMMUNITY CULTURE

  • Allows students to explore their personal & social identity
  • Safe space where the child feels valued, cared for & respected
  • Opportunity to learn from one another’s varied experiences & perspectives

THE ARTS

  • Kids feel good while creating art
  • Helps boost self-confidence
  • Practice critical thinking
  • Focus on the process, not the product

NUMBERS AND MATH

  • Age appropriate numbers and counting
  • Number recognition and concrete value
  • Explore how numbers & counting apply to their life around them

MINDFULNESS AND WELLNESS

  • Cultivate present moment awareness of their thoughts, emotions & physical sensations
  • Breathing, stretching, focusing & relaxing
  • Emotional resilience and self-regulation skills
  • Calmer and more engaged classroom

LANGUAGE

  • Developmental language skills
  •  Letter recognition and phonics
  •  Expressive communication

PRACTICAL LIFE ACTIVITIES

  • Skills practical to everyday life
  • Fine motor skills that include cleaning & caring for the environment
  • Help the child gain control in the coordination of their movements
  • Helps child gain independence

FIVE SENSES

  • Preschoolers have the comprehension, vocabulary & ability to learn through their senses
  • Multi-sensory experiences
  • Explore the world and make sense of whats around them

FITNESS

  • Certified Red Cross Swim Lessons
  • Yoga/Tai Chi
  • Dance
  • Hand-eye coordination
  • Basketball

PROBLEM SOLVING

  • Social skills – creative & critical thinking
  • Hands-on investigations
  • Encourage children’s suggestions & allow children to find their own solutions
  • Techniques

NATURE AND OUTDOOR RECREATION

  • Nature Exploration and outdoor free play
  • Field Trips to the Food Bank and Fire Department
  • Play in the Mud Philosophy