Different levels of ability, interest, and development are expected. Children take part in activities designed to develop their self-esteem and a positive feeling toward learning. Children select activities from a variety of learning areas including dramatic play, blocks, science, math, games and puzzles, books and art. Learning materials and activities are concrete, real, and important to children's lives. Children are provided experiences to develop social skills such as cooperating, helping, negotiating, and talking.
Children have many opportunities to see how reading and writing are useful.
Activities include listening to stories and poems, brainstorming, charts, dramatic play, writing thank you letters, making books, and experimenting with writing. Children manipulate concrete items in math. Activities include patterning, graphing, comparing, predicting, counting objects, adding, subtracting, time and money. Science, social studies, health, and other content areas are integrated through meaningful activities. Children attend gym and music twice a week.