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What sets our preschool programs apart from all the rest?
It’s more than programs that are carefully researched and thoughtfully taught,
it’s the fact that we approach everyday with imagination, innovation and, most of all, fun!
Studies have found that learning improves when
children are engaged in an enjoyable and meaningful activity. That’s why our curriculum
includes a variety of intriguing activities that stimulate early brain development with a focus on
creative play. And although it may all look like kids having fun, it’s also learning in action. It’s
just another way that we make sure your child gets the most out of his or her preschool
experience.
In order to insure that children are kept interested, excited, and engaged in learning, the
Preschool classroom is large and is divided into several different areas containing specific
Resource Centers.
Block/sensorial Center:
The largest area is devoted to Circle Time and contains the block and manipulative activities.
This area provides an opportunity for children to sharpen their five senses as they learn about
the fundamental properties of the environment. They also develop cognition by identifying,
classifying, sequencing, ordering grasping, releasing, inserting, assembling etc. Additionally,
they learn to classify, sort, match, construct, role-play and share.
Art Center:
The second largest area is set-aside for Arts and Crafts. This area provides the children to
express their individual thoughts and feelings through pictures, constructing, and
printmaking. In addition to that, they develop eye-hand coordination, discover line, color,
shape, texture and do projects like cutting, tracing, finger painting, sponge painting, free
drawing and other lots of fun activities.
Dramatic Play Center:
This Center provides the children to participate in nonverbal communication through dress
up, dramatizing and imitation. They learn to develop concepts when engaged in social play
and they develop social interaction skills. They also talk about what is seen, heard, touched,
or smelled as variety of events are experienced
Quiet Center:
This is also called the reading area, which provides a quiet respite where students can relax.
Here they learn to appreciate books and they also get an opportunity to explore the computer
and educational software.
Practical Life Center:
Finally, this area provides the child the practical life exercises where they discover, explore,
describe, prepare, compare, examine and experiment with a variety of materials, objects and
tools. Here they observe how things move, predict what will happen, and make their own
conclusions. They do fun activities like plant, weigh, mix, stir, construct, pour, scoop,
measure, sewing, folding, transferring, sweeping, arrange and sort.
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