Pre-K
Our Kindergarten is designed to provide a nurturing and stimulating environment for young learners, focusing on holistic development through play based and structured activities. We aim to foster a love for learning while preparing children for future educational experiences.
Development goals
Researchers have linked an excessive amount of free time during the summer with low scores on testing and a gap in a student's academic knowledge. This phenomenon is known typically as the slide of summer.
Social
Encourage children to recognize and understand the feelings of others as well as their own. We will support the children in how to use coping strategies when they get upset and how to resolve conflicts with their peers. The children will learn about personal space as well to learn to appreciate and respect diversity in backgrounds, cultures and abilities.
Physical
Through activities like lacing, cutting, manipulating small objects and other fun activities the children will increase the development of their fine motor skills. Through activities like running, climbing, catching different size balls, obstacles courses and sports games the children will increase their gross motor development skills.
Cognitive
Children will continue to develop the understanding of numbers, letters and letter sounds through an assortment of activities. Children will increase their problem solving skills by engaging in activities that promote and encourage critical thinking. The children will increase their listening skills through group discussions, books and will demonstrate an understanding of answering questions related to the theme or topic the children are learning about.
What happens during Pre-K?
Children forget the fundamental concepts learned from the previous school year. According to research, children lose an average of 2.6 years of computing skills in math during the summer. The studies also show comparable decreases in reading and writing skills. Nutrition is in the way because children consume three ounces more of sugar-sweetened beverages per day. Younger students also watch an average of twenty more minutes of TV during the summer than during the school year while maintaining the same workout schedule. These are factors that lead to weight gain.
