Early Years Program

The children participate in a wide range of activities, including developmentally appropriate work with literacy and numeracy, science and social studies. They engage in cooking, art and craft projects, dramatic play, story-telling, music and physical education. Beginning computer skills are taught in the computer laboratory. Some activities will take place in German to expose the children to the language of the region.

The Early Years Program is split into 2 groups: Pre-school for 3 and 4 year-olds and Kindergarten for 5 year-olds. Children are eligible for pre-school  if their third birthday falls on or before August 31st of the academic year and are eligible for kindergarten if their fifth birthday falls on or before August 31st of the academic year.

The pre-school and kindergarten programs provide a stimulating and supportive environment with a balance between learning and fun, structure and choice, along with group and individual exploration. The children are given oppotunities which promote social, emotional, physical and language development.

Children are active learners and inquirers. They learn to think, reason, question, experiment, solve problems and work collaboratively as they participate in a variety of open-ended and teacher guided tasks.

Children in pre-school must attend a minimum of 3 half days a week.

Children in kindergarten attend a full-time program (Wednesday afternoon is optional)