Connection with the home, introduction to the classroom, fine motor development, life skills

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Practical Life is the area of the  classroom where a child is introduced to basic skills such as carrying a tray, pouring, transferring, folding, food preparation, and more. It also involves learning grace and courtesy skills, caring for the classroom, and caring for one’s self.  The skills learned in Practical Life are life-long skills and are not restricted to the shelves. They help prepare the child for their “Great Work” and for life.

Learning through the hands and senses, visual and kinesthetic, pre-math

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Learning is acquired through the hands. Sensorial introduces the children to all things connected with their senses. Through the Sensorial materials the children can physically feel and touch differences in length, height, weight, temperature, color, and texture so as to explore and understand their environment. They also build a mathematical foundation for later learning. 

Pre-literacy games, letter sounds, writing, reading, literature, grammar

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Before directly teaching sounds and writing the children are consistently exposed to language in the whole classroom. This is done through games (I Spy, matching, rhymes, etc…) songs, and the many presentations of each area. To teach language we begin by introducing the sounds in the English language. Next we introduce writing using movable letters. Once a child can write or “build” a word, he is ready to read. From there we introduce grammar concept, sentence building, and many more presentations.