Knowledge Areas

   We teach through Knowledge Areas/Themes 

   to help children

• develop critical thinking/reasoning skills
• acquire vocabulary/database
• engage in creative representation
• study phenomena in nature
• launch into phonics and literacy activities
• explore numbers, counting work, math operations

Social Studies and Multi-cultural Activities:

Making Friends, Manners and Safety

 Halloween and Pumpkins

Thanksgiving, Festivals around the World,

Martin Luther King, Jr.,

Community Helpers, and Transportation,

Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, Rainbows and Leprechauns

Nature Studies and Science:

Our Amazing Body and Our 5 Senses,

Health and Nutrition, and the 5 Food Groups

Space,  and Planet Earth,

Recycling and taking care of the Earth,

Seasons

Plant Life (habitats, lifecycles etc)

Animal life (habitats, lifecycles etc)

Farm Animals, Wild Animals, and Pets

Insects,

Sea Creatures

Dinosaurs

Geography:

Animals on Different Continents,

Children and Festivals around the World,

Land forms

Art

Music and Movement