Physical Education Through playful activities, students are introduced to the joy of movement. They explore how their bodies move in space, using both gross and fine motor skills. From jumping like frogs to building towers with blocks, this program is all about developing coordination, control, and a love for being active. Visual Art Students become familiar with handling and manipulating materials and tools. Exploration of fine arts concepts are introduced through guided, open-ended projects. Drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, textiles, and printmaking are introduced through various mediums, linked to artists, genres, seasons, and literature. Yoga and Built to Thrive Children meet with a childhood yoga instructor as a group once a month for yoga. They learn how to calm their body and incorporate mindfulness techniques into their lives. The Built to Thrive program meets twice a month for all early childhood students. This program enhances social-emotional intelligence through literature, play, and reflection. Built to Thrive provides thoughtful activities to practice students’ social-emotional learning, develop empathy for others, and practice problem-solving skills. Children also work on identifying and managing their own and others’ emotions.
The print-rich environment of the early childhood classroom fosters the growth of literacy for our preschool children. We strive to meet children where they are by learning their individual needs to further their growth and development. Their growing interest in stories and books continues throughout their early childhood experience. As stories are continually shared with them, children can begin predicting what might happen next. They begin to recall information, and retell or read a familiar story. Towards the end of prekindergarten, children’s alphabetic knowledge expands as they recognize most letters and can identify some letter and sound associations. The directionality of looking at print or reading from left to right is established. Some children may begin to identify the beginning sound in words or read consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words aloud. Children may begin to show interest in printing words with uppercase letters, using the efficiency of top to bottom to print. Expressive language skills are used to ask for things or gain more information by asking questions. Children also experience the capability to answer open ended questions. Mathematics Implementing the Reggio Emilia philosophy, the early childhood program begins with introducing children to math concepts that are incorporated into the classroom. Student interest and provocations unveil the concepts that are to be explored in early childhood. Topics of study include recognizing numbers, mark making to represent numbers, comparing and grouping objects, counting and one to one correspondence, exploring patterns, recognizing basic shapes, and understanding of spatial concepts such as “under” and “over.” Early childhood students progress to recognizing, comparing and grouping objects, counting and one to one correspondence, finding patterns, number recognition and substituting, estimation, recognizing shapes and writing numbers. Music Students become comfortable in group music making. Concepts such as high/low and basic classroom instrument percussion are introduced. Learning is often linked to literature to inspire student creative decision making with the use of instruments.
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Lower School | Pre-Kindergarten
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