Educational Pre-k program

The core of our program is to instil in the child a liking for school.The environment will help to facilitate this principle by incorporating centres that stimulate their curiosity and allow them to explore various areas of learning such as:

Languages

Through active play and daily physical activity, children will develop their senses as well as their gross and fine motor skills. They will discover the reactions and capacities of their bodies and become aware of the importance of taking care of themselves and adopting safe and healthy behaviours.

To develop their emotional dimension, the main focus will be on building their self-esteem. Through a variety of experiences, children learn to see themselves as unique individuals with their own tastes, interests, and needs. Self-confidence for 4- and 5-year-olds also consists of recognizing that they have strengths and limitations while knowing they are accepted by adults and other children.

Throughout the day, children will be presented with opportunities to put forward their ideas and express personal impressions with confidence. The environment will be set up to allow the child to demonstrate autonomy in games, activities, projects, and everyday life, as well as various manifestations of emotional security. Extensions of classroom activities will help children discover their community and other ways of life. They will learn to respect others and pay attention to what they say. They will become open to individual differences through participation in the group, by observing the group’s rules of conduct and applying a conflict-resolution process with guidance.

To develop their communication skills, the program incorporates real, meaningful, and complex everyday situations through the regular use of a variety of sound, visual, or digital productions (documents, films, sketches, poems, songs, etc.) and children’s literature. They will discover that the written word is an object of pleasure, research, communication, and learning. This notion will extend across the curriculum as they discover the arts, social sciences, mathematics, science, and technology. With a focus on technology, children will be prompted to ask questions, make associations, and test predictions.

To Complete an Activity or project:

Motivated by a desire to explore and understand the world, children will take part in ongoing individual, team, and class projects, in line with the Reggio Emilia approach. These projects arise from the children’s interests, games, experiences, or imagination. They represent a real challenge and allow children to proceed by trial and error, use their creativity, and learn to complete a task. In this way, children acquire learning and develop strategies that they can apply in other contexts.