Our Pre-School Overview
We offer days packed full of activities. All of our activities help the social and academic development of children. Kids learn best when they are having fun! We tailor our lessons to each child's unique learning style. Whether your child is a visual, auditory, or Kinesthetic Learner, our activities will engage and inspire your child to excel in learning and good behavior that is a key foundation for them to build on and succeed in life.
Program Academics
Kindergartners have the most structured routine of all the age groups in the school. The children work on projects, read books, listen to stories, complete worksheets and collaborate on assignments in each of the subject areas listed above. Instead of taking a nap, children have a quite time where they can participate in a activity of their choice; many choose to read a book or work on an art project at their desk.
The materials and lessons for the class are mostly provided by the Social development, however the teacher will supplement or adapt the lessons based on the needs and abilities of the students. We find that children who have attended First Steps Academy for a couple years, tend to be at least one year ahead of similar aged children by the time they leave us to enter the public schools in the area.
Students participate in the following weekly specialty classes:
Kindermusiek: Age: 18 months – 6 yr
Soccerstarz: Age: 3 – 6 yrs.
Dance Mouse: Age: 3 – 6 yrs.
Monkeynastix: Age: 12 months – 6 yrs.
Build em Brix: Age: 3 – 6 yrs.
Kindy Drama: Age: 3 – 12 yrs.
Ballet: Age: 3 - 12 yrs.
Swimming: Age: 12 months – 12 yrs.
Piano: Age: 8 yrs. – 12 yrs.
Guitar: Age: 6 yrs. – 12 yrs.
French: Age: 6 yrs. – 12 yrs.
Responsibility
PreSchool is the first classroom where the children have their own desks and keep track of their own supplies. They also have responsibility for caring for our school pet, Hop, by cleaning his cage each week and they are proud to fulfill the duties of their weekly assigned jobs (door holder, weather helper, line leader, etc…).
Typical Day @ Our Preschool Centre
6:30am – 8:30am Drop-off
8:30am – 9:00am Breakfast
9:00am – 10:30am Morning Activities
10:30am – 11:00am Snack Time
11:00am – 12:00pm Extra Murals
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 2:00pm Nap Time
2:00pm - 2:30pm Recess
2:30pm – 3:00pm Snack Time
3:00pm – 4:00pm Classroom Activities
4:00pm – 5:00pm Evening Snack
5:00pm – 6:00pm Pick-Up
We recognize the great trust, it requires to place your child in the care of another person.
To help provide your family the best possible experience:
Weekly Reports – generated by the teacher, to give you an overview of how your child has excelled both academically and behaviorally in the past week, including ways you can help at home.
Shutterfly – a weekly overview of the activities and focus of the classroom during the past week and reminders for the next week.
The classrooms are equipped with telephones allowing you to connect directly with your teacher.
Medical issues and significant changes in mood are responded to with prompt phone calls to you, so you can make a decision based on the most immediate information available.
There is a lead-qualified teacher in each of our classrooms.
Each classroom is assisted by a teacher assistant who works alongside the teacher in providing for your child.
We look for teachers that have that special blend of attention to detail and love of children.
And finally, we look for teachers that we would want our daughter to be safe with, learn from, and loved deeply.
"In the final analysis it is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings"
Ann Landers