PK 4 - PK5
PK 4 - PK 5
4 - 5 Years
Our goals for PK4/5 go beyond preparation for Elementary School and into developing Thinking skills that promote their creativity, out of the box thinking, deep understanding, and problem-solving. We do so by promoting each child’s unique passions and needs in a space with multiple learning setups that respond to various interests and complement this with research-based Thinking Strategies to challenge them intellectually and promote deep comprehension.
We develop autonomous, adaptable kindergarteners with the tools to build fulfilling and balanced lives beyond school.
Abilities Fostered
A key goal of our educational program is to nurture autonomous, life long learners, because learning autonomy has been proven to be a key determinant of life success. Learning autonomy starts with sparking curiosity and inquisitiveness, from birth! How do we promote inquisitiveness in babies?
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We consider all babies as unique individuals with multiple developmental needs. We focus on developing the whole child to his or her unique potential. Every experience is a learning experience carefully crafted by our teachers. We focus on multi-sensory exploration, which naturally develops your baby holistically. Click to learn more...
Babies are in constant discovery of how the world works. Teachers actively observe babies’ interests, plan experiences accordingly and guide them to explore these through their senses. They model advanced thinking language to describe the experiences babies are living to help them make sense of what they are experiencing. Click to learn more...
Our VESS curriculum fosters development through strategies that promote higher level thinking skills.Higher-level thinking refers to our ability to do certain mental processes more efficiently, making us better learners. This ability is fostered by developing what neuro-scientists have called Habits of Mind – a mental process that, with practice, we do routinely and naturally, turning it into a mental habit. Click to learn more...
Creativity and Innovation are at the core of the VESS educational approach. Every moment and learning experience focuses on promoting creativity.Through our Artist of the Month, for example,babies are exposed to artists’ stories, techniques, and how they use colors, shapes and lines uniquely to express their emotions. Click to learn more...
All children in our school are seen as global citizens, including our babies. Our babies’ voices are heard as teachers are in tune to their needs, wants, and preferences, and respond to them. Click to learn more...
Learning autonomy refers to the skills and dispositions needed to be independent in one’s capacity to learn new things – and its development starts at birth! It is seen by neuroscientists as a key determinant of life-long success. The VESS educational approach focuses on developing children’s learning autonomy to be efficient learners for life. Click to learn more...
Developmental Areas for PK Students
Self Knowledge, Personal Awareness, Social and Emotional Development
relationships with adults and peers
- Emotional functioning
- Managing emotions
- Sense of identity and belonging
Communication, Language & Literacy
- Speaking and communication
- Conversation
- Emergent Reading
- Emergent Writing
- Vocabulary
Mathematical Thinking
- Numbers and operations
- Spacial Relations
- Patterns
- Measurements and data
- Geometry
Scientific Thinking
- Engineering and Technology
- Environment
- Life Sciences / Biology
- Physical Sciences / Physics
- Scientific Inquiry, Exploration and Discovery
Approaches to learning
- Eagerness and curiosity
- Persistence
Creative Expression Through the Arts
- Creative movement
- Imaginative and creative play
- Music
- Sensory Art Experience
Social Studies
- Economics and resources
- Governance, Civic Ideas and Practices
- Individual Development and Identity
- Individuals and groups
- Spaces, Places and Environments
- Technology and our world
- Time, Continuity and Change
Physical Development
- Feeding and Nutrition
- Fine motor development
- Gross motor development
- Gross motor perception (sensorimotor)
- Health
- Personal care routines
- Safety
