Our Program

Outline of Toddler Curriculum (18 months – 3 years)

• Self-Confidence in oneself and ability
• Progress in the capability to make choices
• Appreciation for oneself and others
• Coordination
• Focus
• Order and development of organizational skills
• Self and community responsibility
• The ability to classify, sequence, and discriminate based on color, shape, size
• Independence

Progress of oral language skills

Progress of vocabulary enrichment

Listening skills: songs, poetry, nursery rhymes, books, fingerplays

Progress of a love of stories and books

Civility: “please” and “thank you” introductions and greetings, taking turns, how and when to interrupt, table manners

Hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills: pouring, spooning, scooping, tweezing, use of puzzles and other manipulatives, sorting

Care of self: toileting, handwashing, hanging up coat, dressing frames, blowing nose, wiping face, food preparation

Care of the environment: care of plants, dusting, sweeping, mopping, dishwashing, window washing, polishing

Progress of gross motor skills: hiking up and down hills, crawling through tunnel, maximum effort work like pulling, pushing and carrying heavy objects, dancing, biking, climbing

Progress of balance using balancing activities: beams, hills, logs, pads

Develop hand-eye coordination using basketballs, baseballs, tennis balls, paddles, racquets, golf clubs, bats, mallets, pétanque, scarves, hoops, and bean bags

Use of materials such as paint, watercolors, crayons, chalk

Correct use of scissors

Gluing Large easel painting

Introduction to instruments and their names

Songs Movement and rhythm Steady beat

Introduction to songs in Spanish

Greetings

Naming objects and places in Spanish

Identification of foods, animals, colors in Spanish

Introduction to counting in Spanish

Primary Curriculum (3 years – 6 years)

Numeral identification

Association of quantity and symbol Linear counting and skip counting

Odd and even

Teens

Numbers 1-100, oral and written

Introduction to the decimal system

Introduction to place value and zero as a place holder

Currency identification

Introduction to time

Simple word problems

Botany: introduction to the study of plants-classification, structure, physiology etc.

Care of plants Living and non-living

Zoology: introduction to the study of animals- classification, structure, physiology etc.

Basic introduction to physical science: magnets, sink and float, solids, liquids, gases, and sound

Basic introduction to the solar system

Basic introduction to geology: land, air, water Introduction to parts of the human body

Development and enrichment of oral language and listening skills, songs, poems, rhymes

Introduction to sounds, association of sound with letter

Blending sounds Sight words: expand vocabulary

Phonetic spelling

Handwriting: cursive letter formation

Creative writing Grammar: Introduction to parts of speech

Introduction to the globe Earth’s revolution around the sun

Directionality: north, south, east and west

Names of days, months, seasons

Land and water formations with definitions

Names of the continents

Puzzle maps: labeling of individual countries and continents

Introduction to flag nomenclature

Celebrations of world cultures and traditions

Introduction to research: use of books and reference materials

Listening and pronunciation: songs, games and finger plays

Greetings and introductions

Vocabulary: colors, numbers, fruits and vegetables, animals, parts of the body

Spanish conversational skills

Drawing, cutting, and sewing

Use of clay and other art media

Collage Color mixing

Introduction to artists and genres, appreciation for works of art and artists

Demonstrate care of books

Recognize roles of author and illustrator

Experience a variety of literature

Fine motor skills: pouring, spooning, scooping, tweezing, folding and polishing

Care of self: food preparation, dressing frames, hand washing, toileting etc.

Grace and courtesy lessons: please and thank you, introductions and shaking hands, interrupting, sharing, cooperating, taking turns, manners and conflict resolution

Care of the environment

Development of small muscles: grasp, twist, roll, fasten, unfasten, squeeze

Gross motor skills: walking on the line, balance and movement

Development and refinement of the five senses

Development of descriptive language

Organizational skills, order, sequence

Discrimination skills, match, sort, classify

Concentration

Fine motor skills

Shapes and patterns

Identification of geometric solids: cube, sphere, cylinder, pyramid, cone, prism Identification and reproduction of a circle, square, triangle and rectangle

Exploration of rhythm instruments Introduction to various instruments of the orchestra

Rhythmic and melodic concepts

Games, dances, rhymes and class demonstrations

Movement: fine and gross motor skills

Hand-eye and hand-foot coordination – soccer, football, baseball, golf, ping pong, climbing wall, biking, hiking,
Rhythm, balance, direction, space

Practice bouncing, throwing, catching and striking