During this stage of high energy and fast-growing language skills, our program is designed to channel curiosity into meaningful learning experiences and skills.
We help children to collaborate with peers to find solutions to conflicts, e.g., using a timer for turn-taking.
Children start to enjoy a new sense of community responsibility, taking pride in classroom ‘jobs’, such as setting the table or watering plants.
Physical Development
Children will be able to flow through three yoga poses and use ‘box breathing’ to regulate their energy levels.
We’ll master a functional pincer or digital grip to use safety scissors and fine-motor tools.
Communication & Language
Children will start to verbally link thoughts, using "because" or "but" to explain reasons and personal preferences.
Props and puppets are used to narrate the beginning, middle, and end of a familiar story, as we explore chronological sequence.
Expressive Arts & Design
Our dramatic play scenarios will become more adventurous, with defined roles and imagined storylines!
We’ll purposefully mix primary colors in artistic play to create and name new secondary shades, and use a wider range of materials to create different art forms.
Mathematics
Children will start to recognize (subitize) groups of up to three objects without counting them.
We’ll create and explore patterns using physical objects, colors, or rhythmic sounds.
Literacy
Children will understand that in English, we read from left to right and top to bottom, and recognize their own name in print.
We’ll begin to enjoy the rhythm of language, hearing and joining in with alliteration and rhyming strings in our favorite stories.
Understanding the World
We’ll observe and understand natural changes together, such as the life of a caterpillar.
We’ll continue building our ‘Spanish Phrase Bank’ - moving beyond greetings to "Por favor," "Gracias," and basic colors or numbers
We’ll use "why" and "how" questions to investigate the world, and solve simple problems.
We’ll predict how ingredients change during cooking (e.g., "What happens when we add water to flour?") and measure using scoops, spoons and cups.
Children will recognize certain devices (like a camera or a tablet) can be used to record information or find answers.
