Leapfrog Learning CenterWhat We Teach
We teach children all the skills needed to be happy and successful in their next school. The heart of our program is a theme based curriculum which makes learning fun by weaving all our monthly activities around a single subject (stories, crafts, games, music, drama, etc.). All age groups rotate between structured activities and free play, with the degree of structure increasing as children get older.
This process starts with learning to share and the related ability to identify and talk about one’s own feelings. These skills evolve through empathy exercises where children dramatize emotions and role playing.
We have designed various projects and activities that require team work and collaboration to accomplish shared objectives.
We teach self-confidence by helping kids discover who they are and how to understand and express their feelings. During free play, children discover their own interests and form friendships.
Fine motor skills are nurtured through daily crafts and art projects which require finger painting, play dough modeling, cutting, drawing, puzzles, block building and frequent use of a wide variety of manipulatives. Gross motor skills are developed through music and movement, playground time, and use of a wide variety of indoor gym equipment including mats, balance beams and climbing cushions.
Our teachers use “I can problem solve” techniques which teaches preschool age children the skills to resolve inter-personal conflicts without adult intervention. (See Myrna Shure’s books “I Can Problem Solve” and “Raising a Thinking Child”).
