SOCIAL ASPECT
We are developing an awareness of others; from playing next to others to playing with others:
- Sharing space
- Waiting our turn
- Greeting educator
- Making eye contact
- Playing next to others
- Playing with others
- Saying please and thank you
- Sharing toys
- Playing in small groups (2 or 3)
- Talking to others while playing
EMOTIONAL ASPECT
Encouraging independence and growth:
- Learning to adapt to the school setting with ease
- Learning to express our feelings and ideas
- Asking for what we need
- Promoting self-confidence through self- help skills: dressing self, taking care of personal items, wash and dry hands with help
- Assuming responsibilities in passing snack, tidying up toys after use…
- Asserting self, participating in group games, being able to say “yes”, “no”, “come here”, “stop that!” to others
- Making good choices for self (favorite color, favorite toy)
PHYSICAL ASPECT
We are improving balance and coordination skills by:
- Walking on tip toes
- Running with stop and go games
- Pedaling a tricycle
- Throwing a ball or beanbag with purpose
- Jumping and hopping
- Sitting on a chair for a short period of time
- Walking from one room to another in a group
- Moving and dancing to music
- Participating in obstacle courses
- Walking on balance beam or a marked line
- Balancing a beanbag on head
- Catching a ball
- Kicking a ball with one foot
ENVIRONMENT
We are developing an awareness of nature:
- Observing of seasons and weather
- Playing outdoors as a group
- Respecting surroundings
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
We are developing eye hand coordination and small muscle control by:
- Holding child scissors
- Cutting pieces of paper and around simple shapes
- Holding a pencil properly
- Drawing with purpose and intent
- Drawing a simple shape and coloring
- Manipulating connect toys
- Playing in sand and water
- Manipulating play dough
- Painting with wrists movements
- Filling in all space on the page
- Lacing big beads on a string
- Turning pages of a book
- Completing wooden puzzles
- Pasting or gluing materials
COGNITIVE ASPECT
We are encouraging the development of thinking and reasoning:
- Encouraging perceptual growth ex: activities using the 5 senses
- Developing language skills through books, songs and finger plays
- Introducing a second language
- Encouraging curiosity: why and where
- Following simple directions (1 and 2 actions)
- Cooking activities
- Doing simple art projects
- Encouraging imagination with stories, puppets and imaginative play
- Beginning of shapes and colors recognition
- Doing simple sequencing and classification activities
- Learning to anticipate and follow routine
SOCIAL ASPECT
We are encouraging each child to work and play well with each other and develop cooperative skills by:
- Greeting others upon arrival
- Making eye contact when speaking
- Playing with others
- Saying please and thank you
- Participating in group activities like circle time
- Speaking with other children
- Sharing toys and space with others
- Respecting peers and their words
- Taking turns and waiting their turn
- Learning simple negotiation skills
- Moving with group from the classroom to the gym in an orderly fashion
EMOTIONAL ASPECT
We are helping each child acquire self-confidence by encouraging autonomy and giving responsibilities in:
- Learning to adapt to a school setting.
- Following class routines
- Identifying feelings and ideas and sharing them
- Developing personal pride by completing a project or task
- Carrying out class responsibilities such as passing snack, cleaning up , tidying up toys …
- Respecting toys and school environment
- Asserting self by being able to say: “no”,”yes”,”Come here” or “I don’t like that!” or “I need”
- Making good choices for self (favorite color, favorite toy)
SELF HELP SKILLS
- Dressing and undressing
- Buttoning and unbuttoning large buttons
- Zipping up zippers with help
- Washing and drying hands
- Taking care of personal items and putting them away
- Blowing nose when reminded.
PHYSICAL ASPECT
We are developing skills, coordination and team spirit by:
- Participating in gym activities
- Following game directions
- Running and jumping in the gym safely
- Riding tricycles
- Responding to commands that is given to the body. (Running, hopping, twisting, relaxing, stopping, rolling)
- Balancing on one foot
- Throwing balls or beanbags overhead overhead
- Catching bouncing balls
- Sitting on a chair
- Moving and dancing to music
- Participating in obstacle courses
- Balancing a beanbag on head
- Kicking a ball with one foot
ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE
We are developing an awareness of nature
- Observing of seasons and weather
- Playing outdoors as a group
- Participating in experiments
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
We are developing eye hand coordination and small muscle control by:
- Using child scissors and cutting on a line,pieces of paper and round simple shapes
- Holding a pencil properly
- Drawing and copying simple shapes as circles
- Coloring
- Manipulating clay materials
- Pasting or gluing materials and encouraging creativity
- Manipulating connect toys
- Playing in sand and water
- Painting with wrists movements
- Pouring well from a small container
- Building towers with several blocks.
- Lacing, stringing, and beading
COGNITIVE ASPECT
- We are promoting knowledge, memory and teaching concepts
- Exploring perceptual growth ex: activities using the 5 senses
- Encouraging curiosity and imagination
- Recognize and naming shapes and colors and matching them as well
- Learning simple time concepts such as class routines
- Learning spatial awareness: up, down, more, less, same, different
- Learning pre-math concepts (how many is 3, shapes and size)
LANGUAGE
- Developing language skills though books, singing and finger plays
- Introducing a second language
- Carrying out a series of two to four related directions
- Asking questions for information
- Repeating and speaking new words
- Answering questions
- Observing and Listening
- Using good pronunciation
- Listening at stories time
SOCIAL ASPECT
We are developing social competence and working on interpersonal relationships by:
- Greeting others upon arrival and learning each other’s names.
- Making eye contact when speaking.
- Playing with friends (3 or more) for a short period.
- Saying please and thank you.
- Participating in group activities like circle time, show and tell…
- Initiating play with others by sharing toys and space.
- Respecting peers and their boundaries.
- Taking turns and waiting their turn.
- Learning simple negotiation skills.
- Encouraging problem solving.
- Demonstrating empathy and help others when needed.
- Moving with the group within school areas in an orderly fashion.
EMOTIONAL ASPECT
We are achieving emotional competency and developing a sense of self:
- Learning to adapt to a school setting in harmony.
- Developing a good self-esteem in attitudes, values, spirit, character and health.
- Following class routines.
- Learning to control impulses.
- Showing initiative and perseverance (trying things on their own).
- Showing flexibility.
- Identifying feelings, ideas and sharing them
- Developing personal pride by completing a project, activity or task.
- Carrying out class responsibilities such as passing snack, cleaning up, tidying up toys…
- Respecting materials and belongings.
- Asserting self by being able to say “yes”, “no”, “Come here” or “I don’t like that!” or “I need…”
- Applying ourself (taking the time to do it to the best of their abilities)
SELF HELP SKILLS
- Dressing and undressing.
- Buttoning and unbuttoning.
- Zipping up zippers.
- Washing and drying hands.
- Taking care of personal items (hanging winter cloths on hook).
- Blowing nose on own initiative.
PHYSICAL ASPECT
We are developing physical skills, group participation and achieving physical fitness:
- Enhancing body and space perceptions (right and left sides).
- Practicing relaxation techniques (yoga).
- Improving balancing skills and visual motor coordination (walking on a balance beam, kicking, catching and throwing).
- Running and jumping in the gym safely as a group.
- Responding to commands (cues such as run, stop, roll, hop, gallop…)
- Riding tricycles.
- Throwing balls or beanbags overhead.
- Catching a bouncing ball or in the air.
- Sitting on a chair.
- Walking up and down the stairs safely.
- Moving to rhythm and dancing to music.
- Participating in obstacle courses.
- Kicking a ball with one foot towards a net.
ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE
We are developing an awareness of nature and a sense of responsibility for the environment:(ecology, life science and botany)
- Recycling paper, putting our trash in the garbage.
- Learning about the seasons and growing things. (planting seeds)
- Introducing life cycles (frogs and butterflies), time, measurement, and weather watch.
- Observing and charting seasons and weather.
- Playing outdoors as a group.
- Participating in experiments (full, empty, hot, cold, smooth, rough).
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
We are developing eye hand coordination and small muscle control by:
- Holding a pencil properly.
- Writing name, drawing representations and figures, copying numbers and letters.
- Painting or drawing a silhouette with details.
- Tracing around or inside shapes.
- Copying or drawing shapes or letters from a model.
- Using child scissors and cutting on a line, on a curved line, pieces of paper and around simple shapes.
- Coloring simple pictures and staying within the limits.
- Manipulating clay materials and connect toys.
- Pasting or gluing materials and encouraging creativity.
- Playing in sand and water.
- Painting with small wrists movements.
- Pouring well from a small container.
- Building towers and buildings with several blocks.
- Lacing, stringing, and beading.
COGNITIVE ASPECT
Increasing knowledge and intellectual competence, helping children learn to think by themselves.
- Encouraging curiosity and imagination.
- Developing an interest and appreciation to art.
- Promoting the enjoyment and experience of music.
- Exploring perceptual growth ex: activities using the 5 senses like differentiation of sounds (animal bingo).
- Enhancing memory skills (identifying missing objects).
ACADEMIC COMPETENCES
- Recognizing naming and matching shapes and colors (pre geometry).
- Finding them in every day life(signs).
- Learning spatial awareness: up, down, front, back, next to…
- Writing their name from left to right.
- Learning pre-math concepts (quantities: full, empty, more, less), size and sequences.
- Understanding and use of numbers (counting by rote).
- Counting in English and French and beginning of addition.
- Identifying and naming letters and numbers recognition (ex. learning their address).
- Writing letters of the alphabet and own name.
LANGUAGE / COMMUNICATION
- Encouraging emotional expression with words.
- Introducing a second language.
- Asking questions for information.
- Repeating and speaking new words.
- Answering questions.
- Observing and listening.
- Using good pronunciation.
- Paying attention at story time.
- Carrying out a series of two to four related directions.
- Developing sense of listening.(instructions, facts and remembering)
- Developing language skills though books, singing and finger play.
Our Immersion program is an excellent opportunity to introduce your child to a second language at an early age when the ability to assimilate new sounds and vocabulary are at a high level. The skills taught include: listening, following directions, pronunciation, memory, self-expression, pre-reading and the ability to link sounds to their source.
ATTITUDE
- Feeling comfortable in the classroom setting and with the educator
- Observing, remembering and listening to instructions and facts
- Developing language skills with books and through singing and finger plays
- Paying attention during story time
- Showing interest in other’s conversation
- Participating during circle time and engaging in dramatic play
COMPREHENSION
- Carrying out simple instructions
- Recognizing everyday words and phrases (related to themes or actions)
- Responding to verbal instructions with actions
- Linking sounds to their source
- Learning poems and nursery rhymes
EXPRESSION
- Expressing emotions with words
- Asking questions for information
- Repeating and speaking social words “Please”, “Excuse me”
- Responding to simple “Yes” and “No” questions
- Using good pronunciation
- Naming pictures and symbols
- Singing familiar songs or chants
- Exprimer des besoins ou désirs : “Passe-moi la collation, s’il vous plaît”
- Calling friends by their name and greeting others
- Delivering simple messages
