Pre kindergarten

Service Description

Within the Kindergarten (upper early childhood) class, children transition from a sense of parallel play, defined in the previous paragraph, to an attitude of cooperative play. During this stage of development, the child gravitates toward a desire to work along with her/his peers. The child has moved from a sense of working alone, among a group of children, to working along with the group. The Kindergarten classroom allows these concepts to develop naturally through the role modeling of the teachers as well as the integration of age levels and interests. In this environment, the children explore these Montessori materials in a more advanced manner. In mathematics, concepts of 1-10 progress into addition and subtraction with the golden bead material which are used for counting. Request Enrollment Now The sensorial area concentrates more on geometry that eventually ties in with concepts in math. Language and reading materials guide the child toward recognition of the alphabet both by letter as well as phonetically. Upon mastery of these tasks, pre-reading and reading skills are integrated with the use of small primer books designed at allowing the child to begin putting together in book form, what she/he has experienced visually. Writing extensions are integrated here to strengthen the interest in reading. D’Nealian Style Manuscript handwriting is incorporated in all areas of the classroom, both in pre-writing or tracing activities, along with actual experience stories. The children move through writing of lower case letters first, and follow with the UPPER CASE LETTERS. The practical life area of the classroom enables the child to extend her/his concentration and coordination of independence into a stronger sense of order for the future. The cultural subjects in Kindergarten explore the areas of zoology, botany, geography, history, art and music. Within each area, specific units of study are presented. Physical education is also explored within a group process indoors as well as ou

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