Our philosophy at West Point Grey Preschool at Aberthau focuses on learning through structured and unstructured play. Play consists of activities that have behavioural, social, culture, fine motor, and gross motor benefits. The belief is that play is the cornerstone of early childhood development and that it is through play that children learn about themselves and their world. Our unstructured play consists of indoor play and outdoor play periods in a nature-based setting to encourage their understanding and respect for nature and the environment. Furthermore, our structured play consists of the educator providing resources, direction, and guidelines for the child to follow and then allowing the child to independently make their own choices.
In the classroom, you can find the children participating in the following activities and learning the following skills:
- Science – experiments and exploration
- Math – counting and building
- Music – singing, dancing, movement & instruments
- Circle Time – stories, calendar, songs & themes
- Show and Tell – sharing, public speaking & confidence building
- Art
- Cooking and Baking
- The Alphabet
- Family Fun Phonics Program (4 year old class)
All of these areas promote learning through new discoveries, new language, and new experiences.
The location of the West Point Grey Preschool is unique from many other Preschools in the area. It is located in a bright room known as the Conservatory surrounded by windows and the Dining Room. The grounds of West Point Grey allow for gym time, adventurous walks to the beach and to the pond to feed the ducks, the gardens and the playground. We are also able to intimately observe seasonal changes and day-to-day changes in the surrounding gardens, as well as observe up close-up some of the wildlife, i.e. birds and squirrels.
Our Preschool Teachers are Tabatha Marin and Lorena Marques.
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