|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Growing
Years Nursery
program (3
year olds)
is a fully
developmental
program enabling
your child
to advance
socially,
emotionally,
and creatively
at their own
pace.
Activities
are selected
to encourage
your child
to think,
to communicate,
to participate,
and to grow
in a safe
comfortable
and loving
atmosphere.
The
following
is a group
of goals that
your child
will be developing
throughout
the year. |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Social/Emotional |
|
|
| • |
To
feel comfortable and
safe in a group situation.
|
|
|
| • |
To
express feelings and
needs. |
|
|
| • |
To
begin to solve social
problems with or
without a teacher's
assistance |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Motor
Skills |
|
|
| |
Gross: |
|
|
| • |
To
feel comfortable with
their bodies and explore
running, climbing,
jumping, and other
movement skills. |
|
|
| • |
To
begin to dress themselves. |
|
|
| |
Fine: |
|
|
| • |
To
use pencils, markers
and scissors effectively. |
|
|
| • |
To
manipulate small
toys in an appropriate
manner. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Cognitive |
|
|
| • |
To
develop the ability
to focus in group
situations (story,
music, small group
time). |
|
|
| • |
To
develop the abillity
to choose an activity
and work on it for
an appropriate length
of time. |
|
|
| • |
To
develop language
and conversational
skills. |
|
|
| • |
To
develop memory skills
(stories, songs, shapes,
and games). |
|
|
| |
|
back
to top |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Growing
years pre-kinderten(4
year olds)
is a fully
developmental
program enabling
your child
to advance
socially,
emotionally,
and creatively
at their own
pace.
Activities
are selected
to encourage
your child
to think,
to communicate,
to participate,
and to grow
in a semi-structured
comfortable
loving atmosphere.
The
following
is a
group of goals
that your
child will
be developing
for the year. |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Social/Emotional |
|
|
| • |
Encourage
sharing and including
other children. |
|
|
| • |
Encourage
expression of feelings. |
|
|
| • |
Consistency
with limit-setting. |
|
|
| • |
Provide
opportunities for
experiencing success. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Cognitive |
|
|
| • |
To
develop the ability
to choose an activity
and work on it for
an appropriate length
of time. |
|
|
| • |
Recognition
of number and letter
symbols and what they
represent. |
|
|
| • |
Recognition
of basic shapes; math
concepts; counting
1 – 10. |
|
|
| • |
To
develop memory skills. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Physical |
|
|
| • |
To
provide activities
and material conducive
to fine motor control
(i.e. cuting, ripping,
tracing). |
|
|
| • |
Encourage
independence (buttoning,
dressing and doing
things for self). |
|
|
| • |
To
feel comfortable with
their bodies. Explore
running, climbing,
jumping and other
movement skills. |
|
|
| |
|
back
to top |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Growing
Years kindergarten
is a fully
developmental
program enabling
your children
to advance
socially,
emotionally,
and academically
at their own
pace so as
to be fully
prepared for
entrance into
1st grade.
Activities
are selected
to encourage
the kindergarten
child to think,
to communicate,
to participate,
and to grow
in a semi-structured
comfortable
loving atmosphere.
Curriculum
features the
Houghton-Mifflin
Math and Language
series to
develop early
skills, along
with the Weekly
Reader and
Scholastic
magazine to
help develop
creative thinking. |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Goals: |
|
|
| • |
Able
to write first and
last name |
|
|
| • |
Recognize
upper and lower case
letters |
|
|
| • |
Phonic
skills |
|
|
| • |
Develop
math concepts |
|
|
| • |
Recognition
of colors and shapes |
|
|
| • |
Classification
and sequencing skills |
|
|
| • |
Rhyming
skills |
|
|
| • |
Independent
thinking skills |
|
|
| • |
Developing
listening skills |
|
|
| • |
Fine
motor skills |
|
|
| • |
Gross
motor skills |
|
|
| |
|
back
to top |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| Sports
Stars: |
Introducing
children
to stretching,
movement
exercises
and
a different
sport
each
week. |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
| Crafts: |
Creative
projects
featuring
different
seasonal
and
holiday
themes. |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| Computers: |
Programs
teaching
basics
to advanced
learning
games. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
| Yoga: |
Qualified
instructor
introducing
children
to beginning
postures
and
positions,
stretching
and
breathing. |
|
|
| |
|
| |
***
All programs usually
run 6 - 8 weeks
and
there are 3 sessions
per year.*** |
