Kindergarten
Kindergarten Vision
- Work Hard to Be Smart (Encourage High Learning Achievement)
- Show Good Manners from the Start (Develop Exemplary Character)
- Be Kind with All Your Heart (Foster Multicultural Awareness)
Kindergarten Mission
Providing a rich, stimulating environment for learning that leads to creativity.
Kindergarten Philosophy
Focuses on the Learner Profile, encouraging young people to become inquirers, thinkers, communicators, risk-takers, knowledgeable, principled, caring, open-minded, balanced, and reflective. Learners are encouraged to value appreciation, building self-reliance and self-confidence, creativity, enthusiasm, integrity, commitment, and respect. Believe that quality learning happens due to meaningful relationships between children and families, school, and community.
Educational beliefs and values
Aims on the development of the whole child: academic, social, physical, and emotional, instill in children a love of learning and help them acquire the skills needed to learn, build compassionate individuals who make innovative contributions to our global society.
Kindergarten Program
- Strives to build our children's self-esteem by providing opportunities to achieve challenging tasks, thus developing a view of themselves as 'capable.'
- Connects all learning to real life and understands that children need to understand the world around them and develop an interest in learning.
- Realizes that children are curious and active; the best for their cognitive growth is to learn through activity and exploration; adjusts the curriculum so that the child can view learning as exciting.
- In learning a language, we need four skills for complete communication; learn to listen first, then to speak, then to read, and finally to write.
Curriculum
Our Kindergarten Program includes the following:
- Early Literacy in both languages, Arabic and English
- Early Numeracy and Science
- Holy Quran and Islamic Studies
- Citizenship and Community Awareness
- Personal and Social Responsibility
- Physical Skills and Well-being
- Social Emotional Learning
- Technology Skills
We follow the American Curriculum aligned with CCSS English and Mathematics Kindergarten (KG3) and Transitional Kindergarten (TK) English and Math standards for KG1 & KG2.
Next Generation State Standards (NGSS) for science.
Saudi Ministry of Education (MOE) standards for Arabic.
COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM
The progressive learning outcomes for each K-Level what the children should know by the end of the present level as readiness for the next level (e-g KG1 to KG2, KG2 to KG3 & KG3 to Grade 1), including:
Kindergarten Vision
- Work Hard to Be Smart (Encourage High Learning Achievement)
- Show Good Manners from the Start (Develop Exemplary Character)
- Be Kind with All Your Heart (Foster Multicultural Awareness)
Kindergarten Mission
Providing a rich, stimulating environment for learning that leads to creativity.
Kindergarten Philosophy
Focuses on the Learner Profile, encouraging young people to become inquirers, thinkers, communicators, risk-takers, knowledgeable, principled, caring, open-minded, balanced, and reflective. Learners are encouraged to value appreciation, building self-reliance and self-confidence, creativity, enthusiasm, integrity, commitment, and respect. Believe that quality learning happens due to meaningful relationships between children and families, school, and community.
Educational beliefs and values
Aims on the development of the whole child: academic, social, physical, and emotional, instill in children a love of learning and help them acquire the skills needed to learn, build compassionate individuals who make innovative contributions to our global society.
Kindergarten Program
- Strives to build our children's self-esteem by providing opportunities to achieve challenging tasks, thus developing a view of themselves as 'capable.'
- Connects all learning to real life and understands that children need to understand the world around them and develop an interest in learning.
- Realizes that children are curious and active; the best for their cognitive growth is to learn through activity and exploration; adjusts the curriculum so that the child can view learning as exciting.
- In learning a language, we need four skills for complete communication; learn to listen first, then to speak, then to read, and finally to write.
Curriculum
Our Kindergarten Program includes the following:
- Early Literacy in both languages, Arabic and English
- Early Numeracy and Science
- Holy Quran and Islamic Studies
- Citizenship and Community Awareness
- Personal and Social Responsibility
- Physical Skills and Well-being
- Social Emotional Learning
- Technology Skills
We follow the American Curriculum aligned with CCSS English and Mathematics Kindergarten (KG3) and Transitional Kindergarten (TK) English and Math standards for KG1 & KG2.
Next Generation State Standards (NGSS) for science.
Saudi Ministry of Education (MOE) standards for Arabic.
COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM
The progressive learning outcomes for each K-Level what the children should know by the end of the present level as readiness for the next level (e-g KG1 to KG2, KG2 to KG3 & KG3 to Grade 1), including: