- Practical Life Activities [+]
Children are offered real life experiences to care for themselves in pouring their drinks, dressing and undressing themselves, taking care of environment, etc. They maintain the beauty of their class, watering plants, dusting, etc. The children also
learn the healthy habit of taking turns, waiting for the “work” that they want, taking constructive criticism and approval in a positive way, and listening to another person’s feelings and needs. Sensorial activities: This area of learning is scientifically
designed to develop, refine, classify and grade the stimulation that children receive through their senses. These activities have five areas; visual, hearing, tasting, smelling, tactile.
- Mathematics [+]
All of the math activities are designed to develop the child’s mathematical mind. Learning begins with the child’s use of concrete materials such as numerical rods, sandpaper numerals, counting objects, fraction puzzles and many hands-on math games
for number relationship, sorting, matching, the four mathematical “operations”, and place value.
- Language [+]
These activities are organized in a sequential manner to follow the natural language development of the child. Throughout the day books are read together, stories told, songs are sang, and children learn to listen to others speak at circle time.
The sounds of the alphabet presented through the phonetic method in a natural way. Vocabulary development is emphasized in all areas by using specific words for objects in the classroom. At approximately 4 ½ years, the children begin to put phonetic
sounds together to read short words, and by five years of age they amaze their parents with their love of writing and reading.
- Science [+]
Through our hands-on materials the children learn to match and sort objects and pictures of living/non-living and plant/animal. They love to make booklets of the “parts” of animals, i.e. head, tail, back, etc. from the insect to the mammal. Exploration
of their world through dissection of a flower, apple or orange brings excitement into the classroom.
- Geography [+]
The children are introduced to the earth’s globe, the world “they live on”, and learn about land and water forms through floating miniature boats on a miniature lake, gulf, etc. They use the world and continent maps as puzzles, soon tracing and colouring
their own maps. Children love to sing the “continent song”.
- History [+]
This subject is introduced through the concept of time measurement with timing devices for 1 minute, 2 minutes, to 1 hour. The children make their own personal line of their life with pictures, as well as the calendar of the month.
- Art [+]
Our children gain the skills to express themselves with crayons, watercolours, tempera paint, clay modeling, collage gluing and many other kinds of materials. They also learn how to recognize and appreciate art work of the great artists from all
over the world.
- Music [+]
Music is a natural part of the daily classroom routine in the form of rhythm, instruments, dancing, singing and finger plays. A variety of international and classical music is also played.
- Physical education [+]
Since young children are meant to “move” and to practice bodily control with their very active minds, they soon learn to control their large and small muscles. Children practice walking on a line, act out as movement songs require them to do, excercise
yoga. Students are challenged physically to perform to the very best of their ability to enhance their flexibility, coordination, balance and rhythm.
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