Pre-School

Head of Pre-school

At the pre-school level, we believe that your child is at a crucial stage in his or her development because children learn more rapidly in the first seven years of life than any other time. This is why it is important that they are given every opportunity to fulfill their potential from when they take their baby steps through potty training to when they gradually begin to develop a sense of self. As teachers, we play vital roles in this process by treating them as individuals and introducing them to various activities which are designed to aid this development process.

Through our firm foundations we build strong, skilful, self-motivated pupils with an ambition to be the best they can be. Your children will learn in a positive and caring atmosphere where they will be encouraged to exceed their potential. Our secure nurturing atmosphere will enable your children to grow in confidence and understand what it is to lead safe and healthy lives.

At Karis School we are committed to an inclusive and creative curriculum that meets the needs of all learners. This is achieved with the support of a highly skilled and dedicated staff. We firmly believe in a home/school partnership and expect families to take an active role in their child’s educational development. We welcome you to Karis School to see for yourself what a warm and friendly school we are.

PRE-SCHOOL CURRICULUM

The school’s curriculum is made up of wide range of learning experiences structured to provide well integrated individuals. It includes the core subjects and a very good value system. The Nursery curriculum includes the following:

ELEMENTARY MOVEMENT AND PRELUMINARY ACTIVITIES

  • Class room conduct / exercises
  • Different grades of pouring
  • Different grades of transferring
  • Opening and closing exercises
  • Threading exercises
  • Folding exercises
  • Walking on a line
  • The silence game

EXERCISES FOR THE CARE OF SELF

  • Washing and drying of hands
  • Dress frames
  • Polishing exercise
  • Blowing of nose
  • Cleanliness (teeth, nails, hair)
  • Using the toilet

CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT & BOTANY

  • Dusting exercise
  • Sweeping exercise
  • Care of garden
  • Arranging flowers
  • Care of pets
  • Classroom skills
  • Terminology cards
  • Leaf cabinet

AUDITORY EXERCISES

In the Auditory Sense Exercises, the child discriminates between different sounds. Doing these different exercises will allow the child to become more sensitive to the sounds in his environment

DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SKILLS, GRACE AND COURTESY

  • Greeting
  • simple courtesy
  • Conduct with a visitor
  • Speaking to a group
  • Helping out
  • Table manners
  • Sharing

EXERCISES ON VISUAL (SIZE & DIMENSION)

  • Knobbed cylinder
  • Pink tower
  • Broad stair
  • Long rods
  • Knobless cylinder
  • Visual (colour & shapes)
  • Colour boxes (1, 2, 3)
  • Presentation tray
  • Geometric cabinet
  • Flat shapes
  • Constructive triangle

TACTILE EXERCISES

In the Tactile Sense Exercises, the child learns through his sense of touch. “Although the sense of touch is spread throughout the surface of the body, the Exercises given to the children are limited to the tips of the fingers, and particularly, to those of the right hand” (Montessori, Maria (1997) The Discovery of the Child, Oxford, England: Clio Press). This allows the child to really focus on what he is feeling, through a concentration of a small part of his body.

OLFACTORY EXERCISES

In the Olfactory Exercises, the child is given a key to his smelling sense. Although not all smells are given to the child in these exercises, the child does work to distinguish one smell from another. He is then able to use these senses, and apply them to other smells within the class and in his environment at large.

NUMERACY

  • Identification of numbers
  • Counting of numbers
  • Introduction of writing
  • Addition (Simple)
  • Subtraction
  • Multiplication
  • Division
  • Measuring

LITERACY (LANGUAGE SKILLS)

  • Introduction (Metal, insects, sand, paper, letters)
  • Pink series
  • Blue series
  • Early Grammar
  • Sight words
  • Green series

CONCEPT OF TIME

Pupils learn how to tell time and they also learn how to measure it.

GUSTATORY EXERCISES

The Gustatory Sense exercises are focused on the tasting sense. The child learns through the sense of taste.
Age groups
Crèche

0-18 months

Start right

2 Year

Toddlers

3 Years

Nursery 1

4 Years

Nursery 2

5 Years

Grade School

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