Fives Program
- Have special gifts that deserve individualized curricular support in a warm and caring social environment that fosters integrated development of the whole child?
- Want an environment that teaches skills of friendship, learning and citizenship?
- Flourish in a nurturing classroom free of the pressures of a large school?
- Do best in a setting where children have a voice and the curriculum is responsive to children's needs and interests?
- Struggle to express herself or need the encouragement a small, customized program can offer?
- Need another year in a cozy classroom before moving on to kindergarten or 1st grade?
- To provide an environment where children will benefit from low student-teacher ratios and personalized attention.
- Individualized instruction engages each child's strengths and builds new skills where needed. At Allen Creek each child's voice is valued.
- To offer a curriculum that focuses on personal and social development, and a setting where academic skills emerge from children's individual projects and their cooperative work.
- To acknowledge the important role parents play in their children's development and to discuss ways to support and learn from each other
Kindergarten Options:
Allen Creek Fives Round Up -
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Allen Creek's Fives program allows, at most, a 1:8 teacher-student ratio, providing a child the attention needed to flourish. Children can go on to Kindergarten or 1st grade from here, and so this can be a Kindergarten option or serve as a year to prepare for school. Come learn about the invaluable benefits a 4 1/2 to 6 year old can receive through this model program.
If your answer to one or more of the following questions is "yes," then the Allen Creek Fives Program may be a good fit for you. Does your child...
Goals of Allen Creek Fives
Curriculum
The curriculum we have designed for the Allen Creek Fives classroom reflects our belief that children learn best when engaged in meaningful relationships with others in a safe and stimulating environment.
Opportunities, activities, and instruction are geared to essential learning skills identified for preschool and kindergarten. The following topics will inform our work with children: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Art and Music, Social Studies, Health and Physical Education 
Emergent Curriculum and Project Based Learning in the Fives Class
We at Allen Creek believe children learn best when curriculum emerges from the daily life of the children and the adults in the program. Teachers will present lessons and help the students design projects that integrate goals of the program with the individual interests and skills of the students. Some topics and projects will be initiated by the students, and some by the teachers.
Long term projects are enriched by other daily hands on learning activities. These include group singing, group reading, movement games, and alphabet and number games. We know that all children learn in different ways and at different paces. In Allen Creek's Fives program, each child is challenged to work toward the next level. With an approach based on projects and group work, each member of the group will be able to contribute to the projects at his or her own skill level and be able to increase his or her skill levels with each project. In addition, projects that spring from the students' interests in collaboration with the teachers and parents allow learning to be a series of connections rather than a series of isolated lessons, soon to be forgotten.
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