儿童早期教育中心

名4

名4课程培养好奇心, 创造力, 独立, 合作促进早期学习和发展. A multisensory approach encourages and increases a child's active engagement in learning through differentiated instruction to meet the needs of every child. 这些发展领域包括领导技能, 自我激励, 表达性和接受性语言, and positive self-esteem to create successful and nurturing learning 经历 each day. 综合的学习方法提供了许多数学知识, 读写能力, 每个主题单元都有写作的机会.

早期读写能力

Children develop their foundational 读写能力 and pre-reading skills in a print-rich environment. 互动式朗读, 角色扮演, 木偶, and various retelling opportunities support developing comprehension and critical-thinking skills. Stories come alive in the dramatic play and block areas as children learn to make connections between the stories and incorporate learning in their play. In-depth studies on childhood classics introduce children to story elements and narrative structure and sequence. Children learn to express their thoughts, feelings, and 经历 through drawing and writing. 书信研究, 每周都有一封新信, 促进对声音-符号对应关系的理解, 正确的信件格式, 以及大写和小写形式的识别. 全年, children are encouraged to use these skills to phonetically spell words when labeling their work and sharing their thoughts.

数学

数学课程嵌入到主题单元和日常生活中. 是否参加早会, 街区内的建筑, 或者在戏剧表演中为虚拟面包店测量配料, 孩子们每天都练习推理能力. Morning meeting routines reinforce number recognition and sequence in the calendar, 计算学校的天数时的模式, 学生们绘制每个月的天气模式. When creating elaborate structures in the block area and collaborating with peers, students reinforce shape-recognition skills and concepts of weight and balance. Various manipulatives aid students in developing mathematical problem-solving skills as they count, 排序, 结合, 用图案块测量, 链接, 和七巧板.

科学 & 社会研究

The science and social studies curriculum offers students exposure to the world around them through hands-on exploration, 小组讨论, 朗读故事. Rich, thematic units encourage students to deeply explore and understand topics. 在每个单元的开始, 孩子们被鼓励分享他们的先验知识, 经历, 以及他们对小组的任何问题. 通过探究和小组讨论, the children acquire the knowledge to incorporate what they have learned into their work and play. These critical-thinking skills allow children to become independent thinkers and learners.

细 & 大运动技能

Children develop both their fine and gross motor coordination throughout the year. 涉及系带的活动, 切割, 用带系上, 倒, 绘画可以帮助学生锻炼他们的精细运动肌肉. 许多游戏和数学操作, 比如链接, 临时数据集, and tweezers provide fun ways to strengthen the muscles needed for a mature pencil grip. Ample time is provided for gross motor development during PE class and visits to the roof every afternoon. 在外面，孩子们可以进入一个有绳梯的游乐设施, 攀爬墙, 还有几张幻灯片. 自行车, 球, and large building blocks are also available for the children to use as they work together to build structures such as balance beams to aid in their imaginative play and develop their coordination through jumping, 跳来跳去, 运行, 骑三轮车, 爬楼梯.

视觉艺术与音乐

视觉艺术, PK4鼓励学生使用各种材料进行创作, 解决问题, 祝大家玩得开心. Students paint and draw as well as create collages with bright and sparkling papers. 除了, 学生们做小组项目, 创造艺术来补充在课堂上完成的学习. 不朽情缘磅, 卷, 捏捏粘土制作陶瓷碗和雕塑, 不朽情缘在上面涂上颜色. 在音乐中, 名4 students continue to explore and develop different elements of music through a variety of engaging activities. Each class includes echo singing on traditional melodies and development of intonation, 音调识别, 以及对音高关系的理解, which provides the building blocks for confident singing and matching pitch. Students echo and create rhythm patterns and practice distinguishing between rhythm and steady beat while maintaining a sense of pulse as they perform patterns and repertoire.

世界通用语言

名4 students learn Mandarin, Spanish, or French through stories, games, songs, and music. 世界通用语言 lessons are taught 5 days a week in comprehension-based communicative language approaches which allow students to access the meaning of the language through what they hear and read. 学生学习的所有内容都非常熟悉, 简单的, and engaging contexts in order to receive the input they need to develop proficiency in the language.

体育课

从第一天上课开始, 学生以安全和有趣的方式获得终身健身的知识. 全年, 学生学习空间和身体意识, 定向的概念, 机车技能. 通过创造性的游戏和活动, 学生学习合作和发展精细和粗大的运动技能. 跳绳等火车头动作, 飞驰的, 小心翼翼地, 跑步是一年中不断复习的技能. 创意运动是不朽情缘课程的重要组成部分. Students enjoy our animal unit where they explore the movements of other animals. Many of the concepts from the classroom are integrated and reinforced in physical education, 包括对四季的研究, 模式的发展, 字母表, 动物的运动.

游泳

安全第一! A 安全的环境 is necessary to nurture a positive experience in the water. 学生们在开学的前几周学习水上安全知识, 包括不朽情缘的泳池规则和套路吗. We discuss the importance of following those rules and how they can help us become more productive swimmers. 全年, students learn skills that are essential to swimming and lifesaving. 这些技能包括学习在水下呼气或“吹泡泡”。, 漂浮(仰卧和俯卧漂浮), 流线准备位置, 踢腿. Students often work in small skills-based groups to ensure each child is receiving the attention they require to progress. Exploration time is an important component of learning at this level as it allows students to focus on different skills in a less structured environment, 在被监控期间.

社会 & 情绪发展

The curriculum strives to create a peaceful classroom community in which the children feel safe to express their thoughts and ideas in a caring environment. A sense of community is established by following the Responsive Classroom approach, which consists of practical strategies for bringing together social and academic learning throughout the school day. 不朽情缘的一天从晨会开始, as each child greets a friend or visitor so they feel welcomed and connected to our classroom family. Daily class meetings provide emotional support so the children can form secure relationships. 当孩子们使用他们的词汇时，学习就发生了, 练习会话技巧, 互相倾听, 解决问题. 合作, 轮流, 同理心是为了让课堂成为一种培育, 安全的环境, 哪里的孩子在社交和学业上都能茁壮成长.