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Whole-child Education Brought to Life

Pre-K 4 SA follows the HighScope whole-child approach of consistent routine and purposeful play that nurtures children’s learning and thinking.

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While playing, children are actually developing social-emotional and cognitive skills as well as academic concepts — because engaging the mind, body, and spirit opens the door to a future of possibilities.

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Whole-Child Approach in Action

The comprehensive whole-child approach allows children to deepen their natural curiosity and eagerness for discovery by providing them with a safe and trusting learning environment, supporting their interests and abilities, and promoting the importance of indoor and outdoor activities.

See how we put the methodology to work

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Defining Social and Emotional Learning to Ensure Success

Social-Emotional
Learning

Children thrive in and out of the classroom when they are emotionally secure and socially connected to others.
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Outdoor Learning

Children thrive physically and mentally when they experience the outdoors.
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CHEF

Families thrive when they understand the connection between food and overall wellness.
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Family
Engagement

Children thrive when their families have resources that support learning for everyone.
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Gracias

Children thrive when they understand their connection to the community and learn how to express themselves.

Plan. Do. Review.

The most important segment of the daily routine is the plan-do-review sequence, in which children make decisions about what they will do, carry out their ideas, and reflect upon their activities with adults and other children. These higher-level thinking skills are linked to the development of executive functions needed to succeed in school and life.

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The Benefits

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Research shows that one of the most important benefits of high-quality early childhood education is the development of executive function — the brain processes that allow us to get things done. Executive function is tied to long-term academic success, better behavior, improved health, better decision-making, and career success.