Our Pre-Nursery program is an intimate and nurturing setting where toddlers, age 2, learn and grow through interactive games, oral stories, read alouds, and creative arts. An English speaking teacher creates a classroom community and routines for a joyful first school experience. The teacher is joined by language specialists (Spanish or Chinese) who provide immersion through music, movement and language games.
We believe that a love of learning is modeled by caring adults who provide multisensory, high interest activities that encourage young children to explore, ask questions and become independent. Our early program is designed to open children’s eyes and ears to the sights and sounds of language and culture. Our music and language teachers are native speakers and highly trained in helping children learn languages in context by engaging them in whole body experiences that promote age appropriate fluency and vocabulary building.
Prepared Environment
In our Early Childhood program, the prepared environment is also a teacher. An aesthetically pleasing, well ordered classroom that allows young children easy access to materials with an expectation that they will also care for those materials, is a step towards building independence and security. Our environment includes child-sized furniture, areas for play, real life tasks and child created art on display.
Pre- Nursery
LITERACY
- Recognize some letters of the alphabet.
- Recognize sounds for some familiar letters of the alphabet.
- Recognize the first letter, or more, of their first name.
- Communicate basic needs/ideas.
- Demonstrate print awareness.
- Choose books independently.
MATH
- Recognize numbers 1-10 (label and recognize in and out of sequence).
- Name basic shapes.
- Utilize 1:1 correspondence to 5.
- Recognize primary colors and more.
CHINESE LANGUAGE
- Become familiar with the sounds of the Chinese language.
- Be exposed to new vocabulary/topics such as family, feelings, and myself.
- Follow basic directions related to daily routines.
- Recognize primary colors.
- Recognize basic shapes: circle, square, and triangle.
- Recognize numbers 1-5.
- Count to 10.
SPANISH LANGUAGE
- Become familiar with the sounds of the Spanish language.
- Be exposed to new vocabulary/topics such as school, family, or feelings.
- Follow basic directions related to daily routines.
- Recognize primary colors.
- Name basic shapes: circle, square, and triangle.
- Recognize numbers 1-3 (label and 1:1 correspondence).
- Count to 10.
MUSIC
- Move to music.
- Recognize a song.
- Vocalize along with a song.
- Shake or beat a percussive instrument to music.
- Be curious about music.