Preschool
The immersion preschool program at Spanish With Sarah is taught 100% in Spanish.
We offer 3-day classes to children age 4+ and 2-day classes to children age 3+. Students may also be enrolled in a full-day program three days a week or two days a week. To better meet the needs of our students we enroll children based on their age so we are better able to plan age-appropriate activities within our curriculum.
Students are engaged through a language rich activity-based curriculum that recognizes and accommodates the different developmental rates and interests of each student.
The Core Knowledge Preschool Curriculum (http://www.coreknowledge.org/
Our preschool students are an integral part of the wider school community and participate in events such as the end of the year school program, Christmas concerts, and special assemblies. Pre-kindergarten students visit and participate in Kindergarten classes to become familiar with the next step in their educational journey.
Our commitment is to bring together each student, their family and the school in a co-operative and supportive partnership, working towards a year of fulfillment and growth at each level.
Classes:
4+ years of age:3-day AM Preschool 8:45-11:30 Monday/ Wednesday / Friday3-day PM Preschool 12:30-3:15 Monday / Wednesday / Friday
3+ years of age:2-day AM Preschool 8:45-11:30 Tuesday / Thursday2-day PM Preschool 12:30-3:15 Tuesday / Thursday
Tuition:
3-day classes are $330/month ($660 for full days)
2-day classes are $250/month ($500 for full days)
There is a one-time preschool supply fee of $250 ($350 for full days). This supply fee covers all classroom supplies, snacks, and field trips for the school year.
Daily Routine
Having a predictable daily routine is very important in the preschool immersion classroom. The activities within the routine will change but the structure of the day remains consistent for our students.
- 15 Minutes arrival time and free choice
- Clean up song
- Circle time: Buenos días song, days of the week song, counting the date, calendar patterns, weather song, dress the bear song
- Class bathroom break
- Story / book of the week to compliment the monthly theme
- Project and/or activity to compliment the theme while working on single- and multi-step directions
- Snack (a healthy option sent from home)
- Play time (outside if it’s not raining)
- Letter of the week activity
- Closing songs
Letter Study – Phonics Program
We use the Estrellita PreKindergarten Sonidos Program to teach students the sounds of the letters by immersing them in a variety of phonemic awareness activities and to provide practice with basic blending in order to prepare them for reading in kindergarten.
This program teaches individual sounds through a combination of whole language, phonics-based strategies that are developmentally appropriate and fun for young children. It includes a variety of activities such as stories, rhymes, riddles, cheers, and games designed to develop and foster phonemic awareness.
This program addresses a variety of learning styles by incorporating a multisensory approach (audio, verbal, tactile and kinesthetic) into the instructional content. It promotes parental involvement throughout the program. There are a variety of games and activities, puzzles and other tactile components.