The foundation of success is a good quality Early Childhood education.
We use FROG STREET'S bilingual Curriculum as our base since its approaches to curriculum are based on an understanding of the complex social/emotional, physical, and cognitive development of young children and the way children learn. Our Curriculum also incorporates fun based learning that seamlessly integrate the components of STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math - with the 4C skills of Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking and Creativity.
Our curriculum provides guidance on the many factors that lead to a high-quality program and presents all aspects of teaching young children effectively. FROG STREET is a comprehensive, research-based program that integrates instruction across developmental domains and early learning disciplines. Engaging and easy to use for both teachers and children! The cornerstones of the program are:
An extensive integration of theme, disciplines, and domains
Social and Emotional development includes Dr. Becky Bailey’s Conscious Discipline ®
Differentiated instruction
Equity of English and Spanish materials and instruction
Joyful approach to learning
Our Teachers respond to the individual needs and learning styles of all of their children. They are trained to do the following:
Meet children's social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development needs
Become good observers of children
Assess children's needs, interests, and abilities in order to plan appropriately
Use a wide range of teaching strategies that call for different levels of teacher involvement
Create classroom communities where children learn to work together and solve problems
Establish the structure that has to be in place for teachers to teach and children to learn
Plan meaningful learning experiences for children that build on children's interests and knowledge
Integrate the learning of appropriate skills, concepts, and knowledge in literacy, math, science, social studies, the arts, and technology
THE DAILY SCHEDULE
Each Class has a different Daily Schedule and these are posted on our school's website. The FROG STREET Curriculum includes time for Large and Small Group Activities, Story Time, Planning Changes to the Environment, Outdoor Play times, free choice times within each Interest Area of the classroom environment, as well as lunch, snack, restroom times and rest periods.
INTEREST AREAS WITHIN EACH CLASSROOM
Understanding that the physical environment within each classroom has a profound effect on individual children, the class as a group and the teacher, our classrooms are designed dividing the spaces into "Interest Areas" which are safe, attractive and comfortable for children to engage in the numerous activities we offer. All age-appropriate materials have a designated place and everything is identified with clear bilingual labels with text as well as a picture. The FROG STREET Curriculum gives teachers specific guidelines to design their classroom environments utilizing the following Interest Areas:
1. Blocks 2. Dramatic Play & Cooking 3. Toys and Games 4. Art 5. Library 6. Discovery 7. Sand and Water (outdoors) 8. Music and Movement
PRE-K EARLY LITERACY
Our effective early literacy program for pre-kindergarten children contains age- appropriate instructional procedures and activities to support growth in the following areas: 1. Oral Language- vocabulary development, expressive language, and listening comprehension. 2. Phonological Awareness – awareness of words in sentences, awareness of syllables in words, rhyming, blending, segmenting. 3. Print Knowledge – knowledge of the alphabet, knowledge of letters and their shapes, letter names and sounds. Our comprehensive curriculum attends to all of the developmental domains of early childhood; (social, emotional, cognitive, linguistic, and physical.) The curriculum is designed to support growth of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for early literacy attainments.
VOLUNTARY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM (VPK) Highpoint Academy is an approved provider of the State’s Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Program, offering scholarships for children in Pre-K that turn four years old prior to September 1st. To find out more information about this program, including application procedures, please visit: www.vpkflorida.org and/or www.vpkhelp.org
