Preschool

English Language Arts

Heggerty (Auditory)

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons are meant to supplement existing literacy curriculum.

Rhyming and onset fluency
Isolating final or medial sounds
Blending and segmenting words, syllables, and phonemes
Adding and deleting words, syllables, and phonemes
Substituting phonemes

Math

Math is woven into everyday life in the classroom. Counting the number of days on the calendar, using math language to describe geometric blocks of different shapes, exploring mathematical ideas to solve problems all provide daily opportunities for children to be immersed in the language and ideas of math. Teachers extend learning and challenge students to grow while fostering curiosity and an interest in numbers.

Joyful ABCs Curriculum

The Joyful ABCs Curriculum supports children’s positive identity development while also growing their language and literacy skills with activities, museum objects, and new words. This flows into the Racial Literacy Curriculum which is used in Kindergarten-Eighth Grades.

Project Based Learning

Project Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects.

Students work on a project over an extended period of time – from a week up to a semester – that engages them in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by creating a public product or presentation for a real audience.

As a result, students develop deep content knowledge as well as critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills. Project Based Learning unleashes a contagious, creative energy among students and teachers.

Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question, problem, or challenge.