在教室里

In junior kindergarten and kindergarten, there are two teachers in each section of about 16 children. Each first grade class is taught by a head teacher and two shared associate teachers. An occupational therapist visits regularly and is on call for advice and consultation. 每个幼稚园学生都要接受一次语言筛选. A 学校 psychologist visits 教室里s on a regular basis and is available for parent meetings. Reading specialists lead 阅读 groups in first grade and are available to offer extra support in all classrooms.

Our youngest students already have a considerable listening vocabulary and a foundational comprehension of spoken language and its underlying grammar. The 学校's goal is to help students expand their knowledge and strengthen their listening, 说话, 阅读, 写作技巧.    

幼儿期的孩子通过做来学习. They expand their receptive and expressive language skills by telling stories and engaging in conversations and class discussions with teachers and peers. 老师每天给孩子们读书, and books are carefully chosen to represent children of all races and diverse family structures. 

学生通过游戏和故事培养字母识别能力. 发展的:在一个发展适当的进程中, they practice handwriting and begin composing stories using their developing phonemic awareness as they focus on expressing themselves through words and narratives. With the understanding that children are individuals and learn to read at different times and in different ways, 老师强调阅读的乐趣, providing junior kindergarten and kindergarten students with 阅读 readiness tools. 另外, 从幼稚园开始, teachers create thoughtfully designed classroom spaces that encourage phonemic awareness skills and build upon students’ imaginations. Formal 阅读 instruction begins in the first grade with weekly phonics lessons and games and small 阅读 groups led by the teachers and 阅读 specialists. A variety of classroom activities provide the basis for the acquisition of these skills. 

Teachers incorporate math into lessons during dedicated math periods and as part of other classroom activities. Children learn math concepts through counting games, manipulatives, and interactive problem-solving. 数学是每日晨会的重要组成部分, 这能帮助学生打好基础，为一天定下基调. 

从幼稚园开始, students learn skills that create a foundation for future math study, 比如图案, 计算能力, 分类, 和排序. 通过实际操作引导探索, 学生成为使用基本技能解决问题的人, 包括添加, 减去, 测量, 和估计. 在幼儿园, students count the days of 学校 and mark the 100th day with “Kindergarten 100 Days,” a special event when children and their parents explore the math curriculum through shared games and activities. 一年级学生在秋天创作图表，并举办图表早餐, 在此期间，他们与家人分享他们的项目. In the spring, they study games played throughout the world as a means of solidifying math skills. The Bridges math curriculum is used extensively throughout 365bet平台, and a math specialist visits each classroom regularly to offer additional enrichment and support.

The study of a developmentally-appropriate social studies curriculum begins with our youngest learners as students in junior kindergarten learn to articulate themselves, 倾听同伴的意见, 并对日常生活做出贡献, 以及内部责任, 教室里. 

幼儿园学生学习纽约市, beginning with the 学校’s surrounding neighborhood followed by the larger city. They take a variety of field trips including a spring voyage on the Circle Line. First graders take a trip around the world by visiting all seven continents. They learn how children around the world live at home, go to 学校, eat, and play. First graders take field trips to supplement their study of the world, including the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art and the Brooklyn Museum for their collection of Egyptian artifacts. 

结合他们的研究, 365bet平台 children develop a sense of self in their own family, 学校, 和社区, while celebrating their similarities and differences within 教室里 and beyond. Children begin to name and appreciate the differences that make us all unique as well as the fundamental human needs that unite us.