School Age

SCHOOL AGE Teacher/Child-planned and child-initiated activities for these groups are fun, balanced, creative, exciting, stimulating, and enriching. Program activities are designed to promote each child’s feelings of accomplishment, pride, respect, self-esteem, and increasing levels of responsibility and independence through individual projects as well as through small and large team or group activities. Children choose from activities which often include a range of arts and crafts, science exploration, sports, reading, pursuing homework assignments, listening to appropriate music, using puzzles, playing educational board games, dress-up and putting on fashion shows, or cooking international foods for their group’s snack. Our school age programs strive to be in harmony with the school curriculum through our active promotion and development of leadership skills, co-operation, teamwork, communication, problem-solving, and personal responsibility. With the help and support of their daycare teachers, the school age group generates, adjusts and abides by a set of appropriate rules and consequences firmly rooted in their beliefs regarding personal responsibility and respect for self and others. Children are encouraged to help one another, make all attempts to change negatives into positives, and to resolve problems or conflicts independent of other peers and adults. If a conflict remains unresolved, a teacher is asked to intervene and support the children in finding appropriate solutions.