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Threes
The preschool years are an exciting time as children's personalities begin to blossom, vocabularies and word comprehension expand and children become increasingly independent and confident in their abilities. Imaginative play becomes more important and the child begins taking initiative. Children are incredibly busy refining and building upon the skills they have already learned.
Day School classrooms are busy with investigation, discovery and experimentation. The teacher plays a role of facilitator in the classroom and creates an environment that is challenging (but not frustrating), allowing for individual activities as well as small and large group activities. The environment is child-initiated to create a sense of self-reliance, encourage problem solving and enhance cooperation among the children and adults. The teacher supports the curriculum by asking open-ended questions, adding materials when appropriate and expanding the thoughts and ideas of the children. The children interact with real, concrete objects to help make connections with their own life experiences while learning and exploring new ideas and encountering new discoveries.
Through intentional teaching practices and enriched classroom environments, children have meangingful learning experiences that lead to school readiness and success with future learning and life skills.
The preschool years are an exciting time as children's personalities begin to blossom, vocabularies and word comprehension expand and children become increasingly independent and confident in their abilities. Imaginative play becomes more important and the child begins taking initiative. Children are incredibly busy refining and building upon the skills they have already learned.
Day School classrooms are busy with investigation, discovery and experimentation. The teacher plays a role of facilitator in the classroom and creates an environment that is challenging (but not frustrating), allowing for individual activities as well as small and large group activities. The environment is child-initiated to create a sense of self-reliance, encourage problem solving and enhance cooperation among the children and adults. The teacher supports the curriculum by asking open-ended questions, adding materials when appropriate and expanding the thoughts and ideas of the children. The children interact with real, concrete objects to help make connections with their own life experiences while learning and exploring new ideas and encountering new discoveries.
Through intentional teaching practices and enriched classroom environments, children have meangingful learning experiences that lead to school readiness and success with future learning and life skills.
Meet Ms. Karen
Karen Grant
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About Ms. Karen
Ms. Karen came to HPUMC with a CDA (Child Development Associate) and certification in HR Management. She has experience working with infants to five year old children. Ms. Karen has taught for over 40 years, and has been at HPUMC Day School teaching three olds since 2014. She also taught at the Day School with a variety of ages from 2002-2012. Her favorite part about teaching is seeing the joy on children's faces when they learn something new. Ms. Karen has two sons—Craig and Lamar, a daughter, Ciera and a son-in-law, Kevin. She also has five grandchildren: Trae, Cidney, Ayden, Azel, Mason and Ayce. Her hobbies are scrapbooking, listening to jazz music, reading, shopping and babysitting. Ms. Karen's Favorites |
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