Saplings

Our Saplings room is made up of our 2 and 3 year old friends.

Now your child's interests drive the curriculum!!  Children choose a topic to investigate and their teacher helps integrate language, math, science, social studies and the arts to the investigation.  Recently they did a project on apples.  They taste tested red and green apples, took a poll on which tastes better, and charted the votes on a bar graph so the children could visualize the results.  Visual arts are an integral part of our Reggio method of teaching.  The visual arts are used as a medium to visualize the growth in children's learning.  Signing is a universal second language at our Academy due to the diverse culture we welcome in our families.  More advanced sign language is taught at this age.  These children are learning to sing and sign the ABC's.  Our Language Literacy Component is intensified in this classroom.  They continue Journal Time but also start working on Representational Drawing.  They learn letter like shapes and participate in joint writing time.  Letter like shapes are an important element.  They help the children recognize the sound and shape of letters and begin to put together site words.  The children make repetitive books every two weeks and then are sent home when the children can read them using the site words they have learned.  Potty training is started in this age group.  We work closely with parents to provide consistent training and encouragement at school and at home.  Our "Today We" is a photographic newsletter so you can follow along with everything your child is learning about.