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 Activities
in this area provide an opportunity to practice everyday life skills
such as dishwashing, polishing, and the care of the environment including
the care of plants and animals. Food preparation may consist of cutting
fruit for snacks or measuring and following the sequence of a recipe.
Basic exercises like pouring and spooning provide an opportunity to
develop eye-hand coordination as well as control of balance. Lessons
and modeling of grace and courtesy are an integral part of the daily
routine.Children practice table manners and social conversation over snacks. Whether tying or buttoning frames or by actually wiping up spills or cleaning an easel, the child expands his/her independence and self-esteem. The tasks of hand and body produce a strong sense of self for the child.
The sequence of concrete materials enables the child to work towards mastery of the concepts of numeration and quantity: First 1-20, then teens, and onward to 100. Concrete manipulation of golden bead material introduces place value. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are presented based on the child's readiness. Daily activities present opportunities for simple problem solving.
 The
very young child is developing language and vocabulary skills at a rate
faster than any other time of his/her life. Names are given for all
the objects in the classroom as well as vocabulary for the characteristics
they are learning through their senses. Story reading and group songs
develop listening skills and self-confidence with verbal expressions.The pre-primary child is offered the opportunity to use his/her ever-expanding vocabulary and language in small group discussions, large group sharing, and interaction with peers. Children follow the sequence of reading by learning individual sounds associated with the alphabet, learning each sound's relationship to others in words, and finally reading short labels. Isolating the difficulty between phonetic spelling and the ability to print allows a young child to construct sentences and even stories with the use of the moveable alphabet. Prepared materials for grammar and syntax are available to complement each child's individual progress.
From the beginning, children are introduced to the riches of culture through posters, artwork, and food. The world is brought to them through such objects as an African drum, chopsticks, or a Mexican hat. Later, they will analyze continents and their own country through puzzle maps, landforms, dances and songs, and research.
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goal of the school is to develop the physical as well as the emotional,
and academic child.Gross motor movement for children 3 months through 3 years is critical to their development. Purposeful activities such as walking up and down stairs, walking on a balance beam, or simply climbing a small hill, encourages coordination, grace, balance and self-confidence. Coordination and balance is further refined through line activities such as walking, heel-to-toe, or slowly carrying objects. Large motor activities such as skipping, climbing, ball catching, and throwing is practiced indoors and outdoors in the playgrounds. Simple group games with rules are also introduced. |
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