Pre-School 3 to 4 years
M.A.R.S. Early Learning academy’s experienced educators are committed to helping students succeed academically and in life. They will teach them to be creative, confident thinkers by providing them with opportunities for hands-on exploration and discovery that help build lifelong critical thinking skills and foster confidence.
Our Preschool (3 - 3 ½) classroom will focus on the students Social-Emotional: Regulating their own emotions and behaviors, Language: Using language to express thoughts and needs, Physical: Demonstrating gross-motor manipulative skills, and cognitive: problem solving, engaging in class activities, and being able to recognize and recall.
At this age children are very eager to learn. We provide them with our proven curriculum that promotes positive development in every skill. Daily schedules and routines keep consistency and help build trust is necessary from this age group. Outdoor playtime is given everyday (weather permitting).
Our learning centers – Reading, Dramatic Play, Creative Art, Sensory, Manipulatives and Fine Motor, Cognitive (Math, Language, Science, Social Studies), Block Play/Construction and Science- capitalize on children’s natural sense of inquiry and discovery through hands-on exploration while fostering literacy, numeracy, science and social skills.
Our Phonics program promotes early literacy concepts such as alphabet knowledge, phonemic awareness, early reading and pre-writing skills. Preschoolers are introduced to letter sounds and formation, blending sounds to create words, identifying sounds in words and developing a sight word vocabulary.
Our educators understand and acknowledge that at this age individual identity is beginning to develop. Children are encouraged to identify their own feelings as well as empathize with the feelings of others. We teach with an emphasis on self-expression and self-direction while at the same time learning to follow rules and directions.
Classrooms educators will plan engaging activities around core academic subjects such as Math, Arts, Reading, Science, and Technology. This class environment will be more structured which allows the lesson plans to meet the learning objectives. The students will be engaged in active play and hands-on learning.
Our goals are to provide a strong educational foundation for children and prepare them for kindergarten and the world beyond. We accomplish this by providing enriching, caring, and a creative environment where children learn through the joy of play and adventure of hands-on-play.
These stimulating experiences offer children the opportunity to explore their environment and practice skills within a classroom setting, shared with their peers. In a loving atmosphere, we guide children to reach their full potential to become problem solvers who are self-reliant, confident, respectful, compassionate and responsible. We are sensitive to developing each unique child, and we seek to instill a lifelong love of learning.
