EARLY YEARS

"Children are the same all over the world: They all seek happiness, freedom and affection.

Everyone wants to play, play and play, and yet everyone is eager to learn what interests them.

A.S. Neill

Children of this age are constantly learning skills necessary to lay the foundation for future learning.

At Saint David's we encourage this learning in a natural and spontaneous way.

We stimulate communication, we support the development of skills such as walking, making a circle, running and learning to stop without falling.

English is integrated naturally into the day's activities.

Our goal is for children to learn from a very young age to love and respect their bodies, recognizing their needs and being able to communicate them.

Toddlers

We aim to develop verbal, musical and artistic skills, leading each child to their full potential by playing in a safe and joyful environment.

Integrated areas:

English is presented on a daily basis. The child acquires a good command of the sounds and vocabulary through enjoyable activities.

We include the format of Workshops such as: Crafts, Cook for fun, Nursery rhymes and story telling.

We encourage the practice of sports. From the age of 2, children can attend Club Biguá for swimming and physical education.

Our main goals for this stage are:

– Encourage initial experiences with the written code in a more formal way (recognition of different phonemes and their spellings).

– To energize and stimulate the taste and interest in reading.

– To work on oral storytelling with the aim of learning to listen and being able to tell stories freely.

– To consolidate the good habits of coexistence already developed.

In English, children progress confidently in mastering the language, incorporating it naturally and spontaneously.

Integrated areas:

- Swimming and gymnastics at the Biguá Club.

- Musical Expression.

- STEAHM.

- Psychomotor skills.