Free exploration allow children the opportunity for development through exposure to:
- Sensory tables
- Rotating dramatic play centers
- Playdoh
- Shaving Cream
- Math Manipulatives
- Free Reading
Phonics
With utilization of the well-renowned zoo phonics and Scholastic Reading Line Curriculums, children succeed in phonics and letter mastery through:
- Daily Sound practice
- Initial lowercase letter recognition
- w/gradual transitions to capitals
- Intro to sounding out words and sight words
- Intro to syllables
Math
Hands-on math activities and games that help promote:
- Shape recognition
- Counting
- Number recognition
- Sorting
- Patterning
- Measurement
- Graphing
- Estimation
- Money
- Time
Cooking and Science
Children explore their environment through:
- Learning themes
- Sensory Tables
- Teacher directed experiments
- Repetition and recreation of cause and effect
- Cooking projects
Reading
Children learn to appreciate literature through daily:
- Exploration of 300+ books
- Exposure to print and sentence structure
- Teacher Readings
- Individual reading time
- Class Created Books
- Hands-on discovery through book units
- Puppets and acting out stories
Physical
Exposure to fine and gross motor through:
- Outdoor playtime
- Sand Exploration
- Water Tables
- Teacher directed activities
- (i.e. Parachute, tossing, balancing games, etc.)
Fine Motor
Children develop fine motor skills by Coordinating hands, fingers, and eyes to:
- Cut
- Tear
- Glue
- Manipulate objects
The Arts
Children develop an appreciate for music and artistic creativity through:
- Exposure to modern, classical, and children’s music
- Musical instruments
- Teacher directed crafts
- Free painting
- Singing
Fieldtrips
Children and parents foster social development, knowledge of things surrounding them through teacher planned fieldtrips 4-6 times throughout the year.