Our early preschoolers are encouraged to blossom into confident, independent learners. With gentle guidance from teachers, children practice working alongside classmates, following instructions, and discovering the joy of collaboration. Their growing independence is nurtured every day, helping them build essential skills like self‑regulation and problem‑solving. Through six thoughtfully designed learning areas, little ones explore, create, and develop the abilities that prepare them for future success — all in a space filled with curiosity, care, and discovery.
Curriculum & Developmental Scales
In our Empowered Child™ curriculum, inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach, secure relationships with responsive respectful adults provide the basis for all learning. Meanwhile, teachers use our digital lesson planning tool to create customized curriculum to meet the needs of each child, across 10 significant developmental areas.
Approaches to Learning
Assessing the ability of preschoolers to set goals, make plans, interact with others, as well as the environment.
Creative Arts
Assessing the ability to demonstrate both feelings and ideas through movement, music, visual arts, and drama.
Language
Measuring both receptive and expressive vocabulary and using conversation and language for effective communication.
Literacy
Observing and assessing knowledge of the alphabet, skills in reading and writing, as well as phonological awareness.
Logic & Reasoning
Assessing abilities in sequencing, problem-solving, and using symbolic and critical thinking skills.
Early Math
Measuring the ability to comprehend numbers, understand patterns, sort and order, plus using numbers for addition, subtraction, measurement, and graphing.
Sample Activity: Build Like Me
Milestone: Comprehending spatial concepts.
Desired Outcome: Child understands object position concepts (e.g., under, top, bottom, inside, behind).
- The children sit at a table with a collection of Lego bricks. The teacher gives an instruction such as, “Everyone find one blue block. Now put a red block under the blue block.”
- The teacher invites a child to give an instruction: “What color block should we pick now?” This continues until all the children have small structures.
- The teacher and children count how many blocks are in each structure. The teacher helps the children write down the number and encourages them to draw a picture of the structures. (Each child is supported at their level, with the teacher sounding out words and letters as needed.)
- Throughout the activity, the teacher works on oral language skills by helping the children explore position words through their instructions (such as behind, on top of, between, under, etc.).
Nature & Science
Assessing comprehension of both the physical and natural world, plus skills related to observation, description, prediction, and gathering data.
Social Studies
Measuring children’s ability to understand themselves, as well as their families, communities, and world.
Physical Development
Measuring both large and small motor skills and learning about health and nutrition.
Social-Emotional Development
Assessing self-awareness and showing respect and empathy toward others.
Expert Corner:
Stable Routines For Well-Adjusted Children
Everyone needs routines and consistency—especially children. Create stability in their life, and yours, by helping them to know what to expect every day. The result is a healthy, happy child.
Knowing what to expect helps children feel certain that their needs will be met—not just today, but every day…
