Child Care & Development and Private Elementary

for children ages 6 weeks through 12 years

Elementary

Kindergarten & Private Elementary (K-5th) with a GIFTED STUDENT program

Our major goal for kindergarten is to prepare the complete child for first grade.

The kindergarten program includes mathematics, language arts, science, social studies, computers, physical education,and an opportunity for the child to begin first grade reading.

Our curriculum provides a flexible schedule with the balance of play and work activities. Also included in our program are sessions in French, music and gymnastics.

Our elementary school provides reading, math, science, social studies, geography, multicultural art education e.g. diversity, arts, movement through music and computers. Our students scored high consistently  on nationally recognized tests, due to our exceptional programs and small groups with individual attention. Elementary school offers a care-free environment for the children with working mothers. The child receives under the same roof: breakfast, lunch, a snack, an exceptional education program, extra classes, homework done and even field trips.  

Programs

"Le Chaperon Rouge" provides seven different programs: Day Care, Preschool, Before & After School Care, Summer Programs, Kindergarten, Private Elementary and Infant Care. The children are separated by age and aptitudes.

The programs include sharing experiences to gain ability in language, games to develop group participation, a structured reading and math program to introduce children to the symbols of written language, art, dancing, music, creative indoor and outdoor play, and special field trips.

We start preparation for Kindergarten at 18 months. Through play, we expose all children to letters, numbers, shapes, colors, science, social studies, geography, arts and phonics for older pre-schoolers.

Testing

Classes are small to enable instructors to give individual attention. In order to check the progress of students in the pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classes, a cultural program of testing is used in addition to achievement and social tests. They are tested in the following areas:

• Listening comprehension

• Auditory discrimination

• Visual discrimination

• Following directions

• Letter recognition

• Visual - motor coordination

• Auditory blending

• Word recognition

Report cards are handed out every 3 months to show child's progress.

Objectives

We commit ourselves to helping your child develop these skills and traits:

• Listening and following directions

• The ability to organize, plan, and to follow through on simple tasks

• Management of feelings

• A sense of importance and relationship between independence and dependence

• The ability to make wise choices and decisions in a consistent manner

• Learning the necessity of sharing and cooperating with others

• Learn to appreciate other cultures and embrace diversity as part of their world
  
• Self-expression through music, songs, rhythms, dance and music appreciation
  
• An appreciation of stories and poetry instilled through listening and dramatizing
  
• To discover meaning in the number system
  
• Develop a desire to acquire reading skills through picture, sight and phonetic reading.
  
• In each program at "Le Chaperon Rouge," the children are taught the alphabet and numbers. The children not only recognize the letters but also learn their sounds. The study is also developed through pictures and projects that the children do several times per week to make the learning of letters and numbers enjoyable. The children learn colors and develop fine motor skills through arts and crafts. They learn to cut, glue, and paint. They develop their attention spans as they take directions and by listening to stories, poems and songs.