Students learn Spanish the same way they learn their first language - by hearing and seeing it used in a natural setting.  Your child does not need to have prior Spanish language skills.

Our preschool experience is 100% Spanish immersion.

Our multiage learning environment combines ages 3 through 5 in the same classroom so they can contribute to each other’s learning experience. Older children take responsibility and learn compassionate, effective leadership skills while the younger children benefit from the mentorship and modeling provided by their older peers.

In preschool, the International Baccalaureate themes guide four units of inquiry for a holistic learning experience. This integrates socio-emotional, physical and cognitive development.

The four units are:

1. Who we are

2. How we express ourselves

3. How the world works

4. Sharing the planet

The inquiry-driven approach encourages children to use their curiosity as a catalyst for constructing meaning and reconstructing what they already know to gain a deeper understanding.

Inquiry:

1. Engages students with what they know to excite curiosity.

2. Facilitates exploration, encouraging students to begin working through the idea.

3. Follows with an explanation that connects students’ exploration to build a contextual sense of the idea.

4. Elaborates to extend the idea into new situations to help connect ideas.

5. Encourages students to reflect and evaluate – to transfer their newly constructed meaning to different situations.

7:30 - 9:00 am – before care available*

9:00 - 11:45 am – morning circle, integrated learning centers & snacks, imaginative play, math, word formation, art, outdoor time, specialists or project time, circle time, and other classroom activities

11:45 pm – lunch & recess - half-day students depart at 12:45

1:00 - 3:00 pm – nap time, snack time, free play, fine & gross motor explorations, closing circle

3:00 pm - pick up time

3:00 - 5:15 pm - aftercare available*

*Students must be pre-enrolled in Before and After care. No drop-ins.

Our Specialists contribute to a holistic experience and encourage a child’s natural curiosity and desire to express themselves. They help to promote communication, confidence, creativity, original thinking, as well as social and physical development. MIS students develop an awareness and appreciation of music, art and theater from a range of places, times and cultures. Our preschoolers enjoy art, music and library several times a week.

PE Children build gross motor skills and engage in active games.

ART Children begin to construct an understanding of their community, their feelings and their environment, through visual arts.

MUSIC Children learn to communicate in unique ways that go beyond language.