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EXPLORAGYM PRESCH OOL
We proudly offer a total child preschool curriculum designed to encourage independence, curiosity and socialization skills, by doing and being according to the maturation and personal makeup unique to each child. We are a developmental preschool, which means understanding that growth is orderly, structured and predictable.
Developmental age is determined by measuring a child's motor skills and his social and emotional behavior. Rote counting has nothing to do with math readiness and reciting the alphabet has nothing to do with reading readiness. To determine readiness, we need to evaluate a child's visual perception and memory, his auditory perception, his fine and gross motor skills, social skills, emotional maturity and language.
When a child is ready for school, he will be able to cope without undue stress and strain and he will be able to do his best. Readiness is only strengthened by time. At least one third of the children in any given class would benefit by more time to grow. Avoid putting your child at a disadvantage. Make sure your child is developmentally old enough before putting him in an academic situation. Our Exploragym Preschool Program is a wonderful place to grow. Give your child the gift of time.
Exploragym Preschool offers the key ingredients to your child's growth and development. Our classes include basic concepts of math and reading. This exposure is done through hands on activities and play. The question is, are we rushing children, pushing them too hard, asking them to do too much too soon? With all the emphasis on academics and back to basics, are we forgetting that even when children want to learn and do well in school work, they can only do what their eyes and bodies will enable them to do?
Developmentally
- Most children's eyes are not mature enough to read until almost seven.
- Boys are six months to a year behind girls in almost every area of development.
- The development of fine and gross motor skills are essential to learning to read.
the older a child is when he starts formal schooling, the greater his chance for success.
- Not all children are ready for kindergarten when they reach their fifth birthday.
- The child's readiness (not his parent's or teacher's), will determine when and what he learns. School is more than reading readiness: school readiness can only be determined by evaluating a child's total developmental age
Give your child the gift of time!
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Phone: (408) 559-4616
Email: minigym@minigym.us
(1) 3 year program
(Age: 2 yrs. 9 mos. by Sept. to enter)
(2) 4 year program
(Age: 3 yrs. 9 mos.] by Sept. to enter)
Full time program 5 days a week
7am - 6:30pm.
Exploragym's daily activities:
- Cognitive learning through: ABCs and 123s:
- Movement education:
Combining physical activity with rhythm , stories, plays, and make-believe.
- Daily perceptual motor lessons:
How a child moves,
How he perceives his surroundings
- Cooking & science experience: a cooking project each week: measuring, sifting, mixing, combining, making substance, pouring, spreading, cooking, baking and tasting
- Science experiments and results tested by the children themselves.
- Daily art and painting: At Exploragym we are well experienced in child art and offer children the experience of painting with brushes, or fingers. We have a daily art activity and encourage the children to experiment with paint and glue. We emphasize the process. not the product.
- "Doing Messy Art Is Fun!"
- Open Choices: During the first school hour, children have free choice to meet their friends and play in the gym room. As the school year goes on during the 10 months, they make fast friends and look very much forward to this part of the day
- Circle Time Activities & Stories: Develop listening skills, which develop and encourage cooperation, and following directions.
- Our Four Year Class: Offers special emphasis on kindergarten readiness, math, pre-reading, skill building activities as a portion of each school day.
- Exploragym Offers A Special Experience For Your Child.
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