The ABC Little School believes that all students well prepared for the future must be inquisitive and self-reliant with the ability to acquire knowledge independently by exercising sound judgment. Through the intrinsic relationship between the school and the home, the Academy gives the students a sense of the future in the direction toward academic success.
All children enrolled will participate in various activities such as: academics, arts and crafts, music lesson once a week and computer classes twice a week (included with tuition).
Toddlers: 18 months to 24 months
The curriculum for our toddlers focuses on: relationships, daily routines and exploration as well as play in a safe, stimulating environment. Since toddlers learn through play, our program provides a variety of learning styles, such as musical, tactile, verbal, auditory and visual to enhance each child's progress.
Twos
Toilet training, sharing and elementary cleanup tasks are learned. Curriculum focuses on: Oral communication, alphabet and number recognition, vocabulary expansion, color and animal recognition, an extension of objects and body parts recognition, food identification, table manners, elementary craft participation (i.e. coloring, painting & pasting). Storytelling and music and movement are practiced on a daily basis.
Threes
Activities have more emphasis on identification of color, shapes, numbers, as well as verbal and visual recognition of the alphabet. Craft activity involvement is geared toward direction following with the use of small motor skills (i.e. cutting, coloring between lines, pasting and painting). Teacher introduces classroom discussion and encourages individual participation. Music and movement are continued on a daily basis. Introduction to computers, clocks and time telling are begun. The child is encouraged to assume responsibility to others as well as his surroundings.
Fours/Pre-K
Children are introduced to a classroom situation. Problem areas are worked on individually. Children continue their language / vocabulary development. Visual word and number recognition with associated reinforcement backup is introduced. Children are involved in dramatic play, music and movement exercises and computer classes. Holiday customs and origins are explored, as well as elementary nature / science studies.
Kindergarten
The program consists of reinforcing and expanding knowledge previously acquired in Pre-Kindergarten (four year olds). In the area of Language Arts, phonics, rhyming, initial and final consonants, vowel sounds, and beginning reading are introduced. Mathematics, consisting of identifying and extending patterns, numbers and set recognition 1-100, understanding the meaning and use of +, -, = signs, understanding single digit addition and subtraction is included. Social Studies are taught in the areas of self-concepts, the five senses, and days of the week, the months of the year, understanding a globe, and demonstrating an understanding of current events. Exploring seasons, plants, health habits and germ awareness are taught through experimentation in our study of Science and Health. Music, Art and Computer lab give the children an opportunity for self expression and creativity. Our goal is to help each child feel comfortable, confident and positive about him / herself as a student.
In addition, we offer optional extra-curricular activities held by skilled professionals that take place in our school on a weekly basis: dance, karate and gymnastics. |
