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Math
Math skills are introduced using many manipulatives. Counting, matching, sorting, and addition and subtraction with concrete objects reinforce the child's understanding of math concepts.

Language Arts
Beginning reading and writing starts with a language experience approach. Students dictate stories for their journals, discuss letter names and sounds, and practice fine motor skills by copying or tracing the words. Visual, auditory and fine motor skills are developed through this process.  Students are instructed in the Orton-Gillingham approach to reading .

Music
Circle time features music activities, musical instruments, songs, musical stories and fingerplays. 

Foreign Languages
Students are introduced to vocabulary such as counting in a variety of languages - Japanese, French, Spanish, and Mandarin for example.

Science
Experiments and hands-on activities support group discussion, making science fun, challenging and interesting.  Students participate in regular discovery activities that involve hands-on scientific investigation.  

Museum Studies
Each winter, a student museum is developed with children choosing individual subjects of interest.  Topics are researched and shared in creative displays and multi-media presentations.  Skills are integrated as students read, write, graph, measure, draw and make models.  These in-depth studies and displays are shared with families and the community on Museum day.

Physical Education
Students attend gym class twice a week to improve cardiovascular health and develop large motor skills. 

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