Curriculum Enhancements

                                Children who experience Early Literacy programs enter elementary school with

                             an advanced level of reading skills, a leading indicator in overall school performance

 

Daniel Island Academy’s Early Literacy Initiative led to the development of specially designed Curriculum Enhancements. The school employs professionals who are early childhood educators and leaders in their respective fields of music, foreign language, and literacy to teach the following classes:

 

Miss Becky’s Literacy Adventure is taught weekly in our Full Day classrooms, including our youngest pre-toddler rooms, by the school’s traveling Librarian. Each session is interwoven with the classroom’s lesson plan, and includes story time, music and movement, and dramatic play. Lessons are multisensory, including visual, auditory, and kinesthetic components. Music and movement are proven paths to learning and understanding books and stories.

 

Music Class is a creative extension of the daily learning environment. Children learn classroom lessons in many ways and music is a proven medium through which they acquire early math and reading skills. Lessons are built around the classroom’s curriculum and skill progress of each class, A variety of instruments and props are used to enhance the creative environment. Music class lessons include, musical concepts of rhythm, tempo, dynamics, and patterns, hands-on experience with a variety of instruments and props, music from new and familiar cultures and genres, and creative movement.

 

Spanish For Toddlers is an introductory course focused on exposing children to a new language. The course curriculum includes everyday greetings, colors, numbers, songs, celebrations, and stories in Spanish. Intro to Spanish is included for full day Older 2s and three-year-old students.

 

Expresate “Express Yourself” is a Spanish language course based on a total immersion model held twice weekly with a native Spanish speaker. Expresate is included in Full Day fouryear-old and Kindergarten programs, and as a supplemental class for Half Day four-year-old and three-year-old programs.

 

Handwriting Without Tears (HWT) is an award-winning Get Set for School™ Pre-K program that uses lively music and playful activities to help young children build a solid foundation for school success. The curriculum is full of developmentally appropriate activities that teach children about letters, body awareness, numbers, sequencing, and sharing in a fun, engaging, and informal manner.

 

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