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Special Classes and Large Motor Play

Music

While music, singing, and movement are integral throughout the day, we have a music teacher who comes once a week for music classes for both 3s classes, both 4s classes and Kindergarten. The children use sticks, scarves, instruments and of course singing to learn new tunes as well as concepts. The music program is a comprehensive Early Childhood Music Learning program, under the license of Musikgarten, which is nationally recognized and used in the Peabody Preparatory program. It is a graduated system of listening/rhythm/movement progression appropriate for accelerated development in a variety of learning areas. It is also very fun!

Art

The classrooms and hallways are often full of artistic creations by children. They love to paint, glue, draw, cut, tape, and more to create. Each week, the art teacher comes to work in the classrooms with both of the 4s classes and the Kindergarten. She reads a story and offers a new art project for the children. They often use new mediums or learn a new technique. They use watercolor, tissue paper, printing techniques to create wonderful works of art. Each time, the process is more important than the product and the child is able to express their own ideas. Each piece is then unique and special.

Spanish

Once a week, the 4s classes and Kindergarten are visited by our Spanish teacher. She comes with songs, games, hands on materials and pictures. The children really enjoy this time and in no time, you hear them enthusiastically labeling things by their colors; “rojo!..azul!..” While no child will be fluent Spanish speakers, this offers the children the beginnings of learning a new language as well as an understanding that there are other languages. At this age, the teacher focuses on the correct pronunciation of new words in Spanish. It is enjoyable and meaningful.

Movement

We believe that each child should have time to exercise their bodies, enjoy the outdoors, explore nature, and have time to play and run. Each day the classes spend time on our playground, complete with a big sandbox, places to climb, monkey bars, tunnels, slides, and a house for pretend play. The children play freely, making mulch pies, digging tunnels, watching bugs, chasing, climbing and skipping. When the weather does not permit us to go outdoors, we take the students to Fellowship Hall, which is a large indoor space . In that space, children can ride trikes, climb, tumble on mats, walk the balance beam, and more. While we love to be outside, the children have come to enjoy rainy days when they can try different equipment and move their bodies in different ways.