We believe children learn through play and benefit from a structured yet flexible schedule. Activities will be offered which stimulate sensory motor development, language development and social interaction. The development of strong self-esteem is also a major goal. Children will be taught to respect each other, adults and property.
Every day after breakfast we spent 90 minutes on various educating activities. The list of activities include singing songs, learning rhymes, logo-rhythmics, board games, puzzles, dancing, doing yoga, physical exercises, theater, puppet show, finger games, playing with props ( balls, hula-hoops, skipping rope, bowling etc), playing music instruments, painting, drawing, coloring, cutting and gluing, sculpturing with modeling clay, writing and reading.
We spent 15 - 20min for each activity alternating mental and physical actions to keep the kids interested to continue. This is our busiest time of the day.
All the actives are carefully selected to explore a certain theme.
The theme depends on a season, upcoming celebration and the age of the kids. Usually, we work on a particular theme for 2 weeks.
For instance, in the beginning of July our theme is Fruits and Vegetables. One of our morning looks like this:
First we watch video presentation about fruits and veggies, then we sing songs about veggies, then we play a game about collecting fruits. After we learn a finger game about picking berries from our fingers, and we learn a dance about raspberry. Then we sit around the table and make craft – a box of apples and learn a letter “A” for an “Apple”.