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Intellectual Development:
We believe that intellectual development is merely one part of a child's overall preschool experience. Our programs help encourage intellectual development through hands-on activities. These activities teach children concepts such as numbers, colors, letters, getting along with others and character building qualities. Through investigation and experimentation, children are exposed to emotional, social, physical and cognitive concepts necessary in achieving a "whole child" approach. Bluff View Private Preschool is a child-centered, family-oriented learning environment that recognizes and values the individual differences of our young learners. The intellectual development process involves some basic skills. Some of the areas include: problem solving, memory skills and questioning.
Social Development:
Social development is perhaps one of the most important in a young child's life. Social Development skills include: getting along with others, cooperation, sharing, how to be a good listener, good manners and following directions. One major way we encourage social development is through group activities, especially games. Games teach rules, cooperation and sharing. They also encourage children to be good listeners.
Physical Development:
The physical area of development is addressed when the children are running, jumping, kicking and throwing. They are developing their physical self. This area includes such skills as: large muscle control, small muscle control and hand-eye coordination. Large muscle control is promoted through activities that integrate running, jumping, kicking, balancing, crawling and so on. Small muscle control is addressed through cutting, pasting, coloring, painting, etc. Hand-eye coordination is aided through writing, cutting, lacing and coloring. Overall muscular coordination is addressed through activities that require both large and small muscle control. These activities are designed to encourage growth, not demand it.
Emotional Development:
Emotional development refers to the development of a sense of self. It answers the question, "Who am I?" Some areas included in emotional development are: positive self-concept, self-control, feelings and emotions. The children are actively involved in activities that have been specifically designed to meet their age and ability levels. This enables the child to achieve success everyday. What a great way to help children develop an "I can" attitude! We also include programs that are designed to help children learn about themselves, their families and community.
