NURSERY:
The scope of teaching is clearly to align with teachings that will promote lifelong learning and survival skills for the 21st Century. Skills like collaboration across Networks, Critical thinking and Problem solving, Adaptability, Initiative, Effective Oral and Written Communication, Curiosity and Imagination, accessing and analysing Information.
Clear Edge Schools recognises the unique individuality of a child and the need for the child to have the opportunity to reach his or her full potential, to this end, every child is allowed to interact and explore his/her environment, develop his/her instrument of expression and work with their creative hands.
The curriculum consists of five subject areas:
Practical Life:
These activities promote independence, co-ordination and fine/gross motor skills. They also develop the child’s concentration. The children also do setting the table, brushing of teeth, washing exercise, polishing of articles, water exercises, dressing frames.etc. They also learn why things happen and how things work.
Sensorial:
The sensorial materials are designed to stimulate each of the senses and to develop the ability to make fine discrimination. They are also designed to heighten the child’s awareness of the world around him/her. Children enjoy exploring materials of different shapes, dimensions, textures and sizes. They have opportunities to work with sound and colour boxes, which enable them to respond to what they see, hear, smell, touch and feel.
English Language:
Early language experience is gained by encouraging children to talk about their experiences, listen to stories, and participating in rhymes and songs. Every child is taught the phonetic sounds using jolly phonics and Montessori Method.
The child then progresses to words formation using Large Movable Alphabets. When ready, the child is introduced to the Montessori Reading Scheme.
Mathematics:
In Mathematics the children are introduced to numbers using special Montessori materials such as number rods, sandpaper numbers, cards and counters, spindle box, ten and teen boards, golden bead materials etc. Later they are introduced to the concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions using appropriate materials.
Cultural:
Children are encouraged to take active interest in the world around them at all times e.g. the changing of the seasons, current affairs, personal news, other cultures e.t.c. Children study plants and animals to foster love for growing and living things.
Children are free to express themselves through painting, drawing, crayoning, cutting and pasting. Topical craft activities are done by the children to take home.
