English/Language Arts

 

Building an early love of literacy is a critical focus of EEA’s mission. In addition to engaging in read-alouds, our explorers will participate as the stories are brought to life using interactive story boards, puppets, visual arts, and the performing arts.

 

  –  Our curriculum incorporates a balance of fiction and non-fiction texts. Non-fiction texts help our explorers learn about our world through literacy while building content level vocabulary. Fictional texts foster creativity and encourage our students to build loving relationships with characters and become familiar with the various genres.

 

  –  The following sample content areas will be taught in conjunction with our themes at a developmentally appropriate rate and may vary for each child:
  • Phonics (letter sounds)
  • Word building
  • Beginning/middle/end sounds
  • Blending sounds
  • Sight words
  • Nursery Rhymes
  • Fairy tales
  • Rhyming words
  • Letter formation
  • Reading comprehension
  • Story-telling
  • Sequencing events
  • Genres

Mathematics

Our mathematicians need no calculators! Employing a balance of formal instruction and center-based instruction, our explorers build early foundational skills that will foster development in problem solving, reasoning, and communicating mathematical processes.

 

The following sample content areas will be taught in conjunction with our themes at a developmentally appropriate rate and may vary for each child.
  • Extending Patterns
  • Counting (one-one correspondence)
  • Arranging numbers in chronological order
  • Base ten
  • Basic addition
  • Sorting
  • Comparing number values (greater than/less than)
  • Arranging objects in order from smallest-largest, largest-smallest
  • Graphing
  • Measuring (baking, cooking)

Science

Our explorers will put on their safety goggles and lab coats fully prepared to take on the role of a scientist. A focus on inquiry learning and using the basic elements of the scientific method to solve a problem will be integrated in the classroom.

 

The sample content areas below will be taught in conjunction with our themes at a developmentally appropriate rate and may vary for each child.
  • The Seasons
  • Weather
  • The Five Senses
  • Basic introduction of the scientific method
  • Health & Nutrition
  • Living Things:
    • Animal/plant classification
    • Animal/plant characteristics (animal sounds, animal/plant parts)
    • Animal Habitats
    • Life Cycles
    • Insects/Bugs
  • Engineering:
    • Pulley systems
    • Gears
    • Motions
    • Fluids
    • Magnetism

Social Studies

EEA believes that our explorers are each valuable members of our learning community. Each explorer will participate in engaging lessons that build character and help foster a deep sense of love and respect for the smaller community and the world at large. EEA incorporates age appropriate lessons that empower our explorers to address global issues such as helping those who are less fortunate, and caring for the environment. This will help create a classroom community built on empathy, empowerment, and unity.

 

The sample content areas below will be taught in conjunction with our themes at a developmentally appropriate rate and may vary for each child.
  • Character building (With a focus on teaching respect, honesty, and empathy)
  • Identifying and describing various emotions
  • Community building
  • Identifying the roles of various community members
  • Caring for our environment
  • World geography
Infant Programs 6 weeks-12 months
Mobile Infants 12-18 months
Toddler Programs 18-30 months
Discovery Preschool 2.5-3 years old
Preschool 3-4 years old
GSRP 4+ years old