HOW A CHILD LEARNS AT SCHOOL
Circle Time/Group Time
- Learns to share and be responsible to others.
- Increases self-confidence and self-image by participating in a group setting.
- Learns to take turns (patience).
- Improves listening skills.
- Learns to follow directions.
- Learns that thoughts, ideas and feelings can be expressed aloud.
- Builds vocabulary.
- Learns what others say is important.
Art Center
- Learns individual creative expression.
- Learns to express feelings about family and friends.
- Experiences colors, shapes, writing, and cutting tools.
- Learns to use small muscles.
- Learns to tell about his/her creations.
- Learns that the process and experience of his or her creation is more important than the “finished” project.
Dramatic Play
- Learns to develop socially in relating to others.
- Role-playing.
- Learns to express self in ways that he/she cannot at home.
Learning Centers (Discovery, Language, Science and Readiness)
- Learns to make choices.
- Expands learning of specific information.
- Learns to complete tasks.
- Learns to think and problem solve.
- Enlarges his/her vocabulary.
- Builds feelings of self-confidence and competence.
- Discovers and learns through direct, individual experience.
Free Play
- Learns to use and care for materials and equipment.
- Develops physical and motor skills (coordination and manipulation).
- Blocks: Learns shapes, counting, building and matching.
- Learns to share and to play with others.
Note: Different learning centers encourage different types of children, quiet areas for the child who wants to learn an experience alone and group areas for the child who wants to be with a companion.
Spiritual Growth
- Learns modeled behaviors such as patience, love, kindness, and forgiveness from adult staff members.
- Experiences God’s love though stories, songs, and prayers.
- Becomes aware of the many blessings from the Lord; trees, flowers, friends, toys, family, etc.
Pre-Kindergarten Workbooks
- Experience in pre-writing skills.
- Introduction to phonics.
- Practice in following directions.
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