Pre-school is a special and unique environment which offers a wealth of stimulating, engaging and exciting experiences. The aim of the curriculum is to equip every child with a sense of self-confidence and the ability to become an enthusiastic and interactive learner. This is achieved through a challenging academic program with an emphasis on the development of literacy and math. Children also participate in structured play activities, sport, music, painting and making models, drama and science. Activities are designed to develop children’s motor, affective, relational and intellectual capacities. Pre-school at FASSV establishes the foundation for all future learning and success in school.

Math

• Comparative and global estimates of quantities (more, less, same.)
• Enumeration of small collections.
• Comparison of numerical collections and natural collections.
• The discovery of open or closed forms.
• The distinction between and classification of regular and irregular shapes.
• The designation of shapes.
• Discovering time cycles (days, seasons, and years.)
• Basic time concepts (day of the week, months of the year.)
• Classify objects according to one of their characteristics.

Sounds of language

• Learning nursery rhymes, songs and poems
• Experimenting with intonational, rhythm and pitch.
• Rhythmic games involving languages.
• Identifying the sounds of language.

Listening and oral language

• Recalling vocabulary on a given theme
• Classifying words according to various criteria; words designating animate or inanimate objects, word families.
• Listening to a wide variety of traditional oral texts
• Discussing different pieces of writing

Writing

• Using a sheet of paper
• Discovery types of lines
• Arranging traces on straight lines
• First writing attempts
• Copying regular forms, words or letters.
• Exploring how alphabetical writing works
• Discovering the spatial organization of written information

Science

• Playing construction games
• Assembly and taking objects apart
• Discovery the properties of natural materials
• The notion of air and water
• Observing the effects of light
• Body parts
• Discovery, observing and describing nature
• Learning practical activities such a s gardening or caring for animals
• Identifying varied environments
• Learning to identify sources of pollution
• Learning basic rules of health education
• Developing sensory capacities

Theater and Drama

• The notion of characters
• Short structured stories
• The balance between reality and fiction
• Going to see a drama production
• Participating in informal drama productions

Music

• Simple voice range
• Vocal games based on songs, nursery rhymes or poems
• Voicing tales
• Instrumental activities
• Body movements synchronized with music
• Listening to the world of sound
• Listening to different types of music from different countries, time periods and styles