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BBA Kindergarten-1st Grade, 5-6 years

Your child is approaching an exciting milestone and the adventure of a lifetime! Our fun and challenging Kindergarten- 1st Grade program is designed specifically to promote his readiness for learning, assurance in social situations and a mastery of many fine and gross motor skills; all of which will benefit him when he moves into the school arena. Our skilled and nurturing teachers will offer a variety of both independent and cooperative learning opportunities as well as provide for generous outdoor playtime to ensure his future academic success.

Mastering Skills

Your Kindergartner- 1st Grade cognitive skills will be enriched through a variety of challenging math, science, social studies and literacy activities that will take place within our program's predictable yet flexible daily schedule. Because school readiness means more than a basic knowledge of language, letters and numbers, your child will participate in activities and lessons that will enrich all developmental areas: physical, cognitive, social and emotional competence

Enthusiastic and Confident Learner

Being an enthusiastic learner is one of the greatest predictors of academic success. Our Kindergarten-1st Grade program has been designed to specifically so that your child can investigate, explore, ask questions and take initiative for learning about the world. Our warm and educationally focused classrooms will allow your child to persist in hands-on math, science and social studies activities that interest your child and arouse your child's natural curiosity. Your child's self-confidence will soar as your child is given ample opportunities to make decisions about what materials to use and when to use them. Our teachers will be there to guide, support and challenge, answer your child's questions and nurture his/her love for learning.

Oral-Language Skill Development Research has shown that future reading success is directly tied to a well developed oral-vocabulary. Throughout the Kindergarten-1st Grade years, we will provide a multitude of opportunities and activities designed to not only increase your child's vocabulary and improve his listening skills but also to present him with wide background knowledge about our world. His teachers will engage him in rich and interesting conversations all through the day and ask thoughtful questions that will stimulate his thinking.

Literacy Promotes Reading Success

Our literacy enriched environments will provide your Kindergartner-1st Grade with a multitude of print experiences designed to assist him in moving easily into reading. Activities designed to increase his phonological and print awareness, narrative skills and letter knowledge are regular components of your Kindergartner's-1st Grader's day, while the Kindergarten-1st Grade Word Wall in his classroom will introduce sight worlds and expand his writing skills in a fun and interactive way.

Learning Spanish

The importance of learning a second language cannot be underestimated. Your Kindergarten-1st Grade will be exposed to the sounds of the Spanish language through a variety of enjoyable listening and speaking activities. Our teachers will weave Spanish words into your child's favorite activities, songs, stories, games and pretend play throughout the day. Fun-filled lessons will reinforce greetings, numbers, food, clothing, animals and weather vocabulary. In order to ensure consistent awareness and repetition, Spanish will also be merged into our other educational programs as well.

Growing Up Fit

Our unique health and fitness program was created with today's hectic and hurried lifestyle in mind. In this stimulating and fun educational daily program, your child will not only learn the importance of keeping physically active and but also about good nutrition and making healthy food choices. In addition to a myriad of daily fun and challenging physical activities and games, your child will be able to try healthy, new recipes that he's helped to prepare as a part of classroom cooking projects.

Computers and Other Technology

Using computers is an everyday component of our preschool program, allowing your child to practice and develop new skills through a variety of language, literacy, math and science lessons. In all Bright Beginnings Academy schools, children will also experience the excitement of building their cognitive and fine motor skills on a Smart Board-an interactive tool that combines the simplicity of a white board with the power of a computer.