Young Preschool (2 to 4 years old)
This program balances nurturing and caring with a young child’s growing needs. We guide our young preschooler gooses to explore and discover in many developmental stages.
• Physical development: large and fine motor skills: coordination, body awareness, spatial and directional awareness
• Language and literacy: express needs or wants; oral language development; letter and sound recognition; respond to storytelling, illustration storytelling
• Social development: peer interactions, taking turns, sharing, putting toys away, developing listening skills; conflict resolution; building self confidence
• Emotional development: Kimochis: learn to identify, understand, express and manage emotions
• Pre-reading: alphabet, phonics, name recognition;
• Math: counting, numbers, shapes, sorting, matching
• Science: sensory, discovery, all about me, calendar, weather, health and safety, seasons,
• Music and movement activities: sing, dance, percussion instruments, sound and pattern reproduction
• Arts and crafts
Toddlers (+/-15 months walking steadily to 2 years old)
Our goose home is set friendly for active and curious toddler gooses.
A child’s first years are critical to their growth and success in life. We prepare our toddler gooses with a wide range of learning development in this program:
• Learning to be independent
• Physical development: large motor coordination; eye-hand coordination
• Language development: express needs or wants; understand words through interactions and book reading
• Social development: peer interactions, taking turns, sharing, putting toys away, developing listening skills
• Emotional development: Kimochis: learn to identify, understand, express and manage emotions
• Music and movement activities: sing, dance, percussion instruments, sound and pattern reproduction
• Arts and crafts
• Primary colors and shapes
• Introduction to number concepts
• Introduction to the alphabet
