Children’s House 1 and 2 are classrooms of students ages 3 to 6 years old. Each classroom starts with the children greeting each other, planning the day, and practicing silence (short meditation) before choosing their work.
During the work period, which takes up most of the morning, the students move around to choose materials related to math, reading, geography, nature, science, and art. Practical life skills and social-emotional development are incorporated into this work time as the children work one-on-one with the teachers and with each other.
After the work period, the children clean the classroom and gather for a large group lesson. The afternoons are spent playing outside, walks around the neighborhood, naps for the youngest children, and separate kindergarten lessons for the 5-6-year-olds.
The teachers in CH1 and CH2 focus on helping the children develop curiosity about their environment, an interest in discovering and learning new things, and learning from each other.
The children who leave our program move to private, public, and parochial schools prepared for their next academic adventures.
Nyumba ya Watoto 1 na 2 ni madarasa ya wanafunzi wenye umri wa miaka 3 hadi 6 miaka. Kila darasa huanza kwa watoto kusalimiana, kupanga siku, na kufanya mazoezi ya ukimya (kutafakari kwa muda mfupi) kabla ya kuchagua kazi yao. Wakati wa kipindi cha kazi, ambacho huchukua sehemu kubwa ya asubuhi, wanafunzi husafiri ili kuchagua vifaa vinavyohusiana na hesabu, kusoma, jiografia, asili, sayansi, na sanaa. Ujuzi wa maisha ya vitendo na maendeleo ya kijamii na kihisia huingizwa katika wakati huu wa kazi wakati watoto wanafanya kazi moja kwa moja na walimu na pamoja. Baada ya kipindi cha kazi, watoto husafisha darasa na kukusanyika kwa ajili ya somo kubwa la kikundi. Baada ya mchana, watoto hucheza nje, kutembea-tembea katika ujirani, kupumzika kidogo, na watoto wa miaka 5 na 6 hujifunza mambo tofauti katika shule ya chekechea. Walimu katika CH1 na CH2 hukazia kusaidia watoto kukuza udadisi juu ya mazingira yao, nia ya kugundua na kujifunza vitu vipya, na kujifunza kutoka kwa kila mmoja. Watoto wanaoacha programu yetu huhamia shule za kibinafsi, za umma, na za parokia wakiwa wametayarishwa kwa ajili ya vituko vyao vya baadaye vya kielimu.