Our aim is to create a warm, enriching and safe classroom that children are excited to enter. Our children learn at their pace with materials suited to every level, and they know that the teachers are always available for help. We scaffold children’s learning by offering assistance and giving supportive information moment to moment. Children can also do activities by themselves, and they learn to be independent and socially cooperative to peers. They are encouraged to express themselves verbally with their peers and teachers so that they realize their potential and to make their time in our classroom a joyful one. Furthermore, through structured activities and exploratory play, the children are prepared and gain the essential skills needed for kindergarten.

Our favorite themes

* Shapes and colors
* Planets and the solar system
* Dinosaurs
* Insects and spiders
* Fairy tales
* Ocean life

Skills that children will learn

1. Social Skills
* Share and take turns with materials without adult intervention
* Establish rules and routines
* Have respect for property of others
* Clearly express feelings and ideas to adults and peers
* Interact with peers cooperatively

2. Self-Help Skills
* Clean up after all chosen activities
* Dress myself such as buttoning, putting on shoes and zippering clothes
* Take care of my snack such as cleaning spills and messes and opening and closing lunch boxes

3. Cognitive/Mathematic Skills
* Classify objects according to size, shape and color
* Recognize shapes
* Recognize simple patterns and repeat them
* Understand concepts such as “how many”, “more/less”, “big/little” and “short/tall”
* count in sequence (1-100) as well as match a numeral with its quantity

4. Language/Communicative Skills
* Follow directions given to a group and an individual
* Show interests in stories and books
* Tell story events in sequence
* Make predictions in a story
* Make meaningful connections between a story and my own life
* Have memory for events and information
* Begin to recognize the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they represent

5. Gross Motor Skills
* Participate in physical group activities
* Recreate demonstrated rhythms, beats and tempos
* Move rhythmically and creatively

6. Fine Motor Skills
* Complete activities such as lacing and beading
* Work with manipulative toys such as puzzles
* Participate in art activities such as drawing and pasting