Social-Emotional

The development of social skills and emotional competence is one of the most essential goals in Early Years Program. All children need these skills to achieve success academically and to maintain relationships at school and throughout life. At each age and stage, children will develop foundational social skills to form lasting relationships that are essential to their emotional health.

Our social-emotional program covers the development of personal identity, self-esteem, expression and control of emotions, management of frustration and perseverance and grit.

Our Approach to the program:

This learning domain addresses the ways in which children move toward, interact with, and reflect upon their personal life experiences. The skills and attitudes children bring with them have a major impact on the approach they take when ‘learning how to learn’. We provide a learning environment that nurtures initiative, engagement, persistence, curiosity, reasoning, problem solving, innovation and imagination.

Language and Literacy:

The ability to listen, speak and write with confidence is a fundamental expectation of each child. Language skills provide the foundation for a wide range of abilities that are used in both social and academic situations throughout life. Language acquisition is a natural yet complex process, and we closely monitor each child’s progress through regular assessment to ensure that expectations are being met.

Cognitive:

This learning domain addresses the acquisition, storage, and retrieval of information and incorporates essential elements of math, science, and social studies. Children gain knowledge of physical properties, knowledge about relationships as well as cultural conventions.

The primary cognitive processes are attention, memory, trial and error, cause and effect, reasons and problem solving, and prediction/estimation.

Physical Development:

Physical Development is a significant aspect of growth in early childhood education and provides avenues for the way in which children explore their surroundings. Within the Early Childhood program, we focus on small and large motor competencies as well as sensory awareness.