Curriculum and Standards

Nursery:
The primary goals of our Nursery program are language development and the acquisition of positive social skills. Through play children learn how to interact cooperatively with other children and adults. Beginning math skills, such as counting small groups of objects, recognizing numbers, shapes and colors, and simple patterning are introduced. The development of fine motor skills through drawing, painting, cutting and building structures with a variety of materials and manipulatives also figures prominently in our program.

KG1:
Children in KG1 continue to develop their receptive English, vocabulary and language skills; they are encouraged to take turns listening attentively and contributing positively to group discussions. Play, both teacher directed and self-selected, continues to be the major component of the day during whole and small group activities. Math skills introduced in Nursery are extended in KG1-patterning, color, shape and number recognition and counting larger groups are some of the concepts covered. Fine motor skills such as coloring, cutting and tracing with control are developed.

KG 2:
Students in KG2 refine their language skills and are expected to be capable and attentive listeners who can express themselves verbally in complete sentences. Children participate in small- group learning centers which focus on reinforcing introduced concepts in language, math and science or social studies. Primary focuses of KG2 are emergent reading and writing skills which include concepts of print, phonological awareness, sight word recognition and decoding. Previous concepts of math are revisited, while new concepts, such as graphing, measurement, time, addition and subtraction are introduced in preparation for first grade.