The Whiz Kid's child care and educational
experience is based on the continuing
self-discovery of the child and his/her
acclimation to the learning process through every
stage of personal development. It builds on the
continuing self-construction of the child – daily,
weekly, yearly – for the duration of the
educational experience. Each of our classrooms
have multi-age groupings that foster peer
learning, uninterrupted blocks of work time, and
guided choice of work activity. Multi-age
groupings are a hallmark of the Whiz Kids Method:
younger children learn from older children; older
children reinforce their learning by teaching
concepts they have already mastered. This
arrangement also mirrors the real world, where
individuals work and socialize with people of all
ages and dispositions.
Caterpillars (3 years -4 years)
This is our infant care program and it is the
beginning of the Whiz Kids experience. Here is
where the child initially learns through the
exploration of sensory and motor skills.
Customized stands, stairs, and bars are present to
encourage motor skill development. The use of
colour schemes and soft music is used for the
enhancement of sensory development.
CALL US AT (972) 283-9404
to schedule a tour.
Grasshoppers (6 weeks – 18 Months)
This group of learners are classified as
toddlers. Toddlers are natural explorers. In this
developmental stage, they show interest in
everything in their environment and want to
examine and investigate every detail they find.
They are developing both their fine and gross
motor skills, loving to climb, run, balance and
move things, as well as pick up small objects and
work to put things together or draw. Toddlers are
naturally sensorial and learn by using their
senses of touch, sight, smell, hearing, and taste.
Our toddler program is created to facilitate this growth and learning. At this age, the classroom environment and the curriculum are designed to foster independence, self-discovery, socialization, natural curiosity, and exploration. Our Toddler environment is filled with inviting materials, child-sized furniture and loving and skilled teachers, creating a place in which each child’s natural abilities can unfold. CALL US AT (972) 283-9404 to schedule a tour.
Fireflies (18 Months - 3 Years)
This program is a continuation of the
activities, environment, and lessons that were
taught in the Grasshopper program. The focus at
this stage of the child’s development is on
cognitive development, speech and language
development, fine and gross motor skills, and
social and emotional development. We foster
independence by encouraging the child to perform
tasks on his/her own. This is also the stage where
we address toilet training for those who may not
have mastered it.
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to schedule a tour.
Bumblebees (5 Years and UP)
While many preschool children at this
developmental stage still prefer parallel play,
they are all beginning to learn to socialize,
understand feelings, and manage working and
playing in a group. They are fascinated by
language and the names of things and are
communicating well—adding new words by the
thousands.
We believe that young children learn best through their interactions with their environment, by exploring, experimenting, touching, building, and doing things by and for themselves. Our preschool curriculum is designed to be developmentally responsive. Our classrooms are purposefully prepared environments, with stimulating materials and child-sized furniture and equipments. All learning is hands-on and experiential, with specially designed Whiz Kids materials for math, language, sensorial exploration, practical life activities, art, science, and geography. We encourage students to explore, make discoveries, and use their imaginations.
Classroom activities prepare the children for
subsequent or concurrent work in mathematics,
reading, writing, collaboration and socialization.
Through Whiz Kids work, children develop strong
observation and problem-solving skills. Use of
hands-on materials allows children to begin to
move from concrete concepts to abstract through
manipulation, experimentation and invention.
Students who master the preschool and kindergarten
curriculum are extremely well prepared for the
academic, physical, and social work of first
grade.
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to schedule a tour.
Inchworm (3 Years)