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Comprehensive Learning Environment for Children Aged 2-5

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Our Mixed-Age Classroom
At Nurtured in Nature, we offer one mixed-age group. This is beneficial to the children in many ways. 
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Benefits of Mixed-Age Groups to Older Children

  • Peer tutoring

  • Gaining patience & understanding

  • Taking on leadership roles

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Benefits of Mixed-Age Groups to Younger Children

  • Peer tutoring

  • Learning through observation & imitation

  • The freedom to learn at their own pace

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Toddlers

Toddler
Ages 2-3

In the "toddler" year, your child will focus on the following skills:

  • Gross motor- dressing themselves, throwing balls, yoga, etc.

  • Fine motor- painting, practical life activities, puzzles, etc.

  • Language- being read to, naming classmates, applying grammar in speech (tense, plurals, prepositions), correctly using pronouns (he, she), etc.

  • Math- practicing size discrimination, sorting shapes, counting, etc.

  • Social- empathy for others, cooperating with others, etc.

  • Emotional- spacial awareness, self awareness, confidence, independence toilet training, etc.

Preschool

Pre-K
Ages 3-4

In the "preschool" year, your child will focus on the following skills: 

  • Gross motor- gardening, catching balls, moving through obstacle courses, etc.

  • Fine motor- drawing/painting, tweezer transfer, bead stringing, etc.

  • Language- tracing sandpaper letters, letter recognition, rhyming, etc.

  • Math- tracing and recognizing numbers, completing simple patterns, counting objects, etc.

  • Social- holding a conversation, conflict resolution, taking turns, etc.

  • Emotional- personal hygiene, regulating strong emotions, controlling impulsive behaviors, etc.

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Preschool

Pre-k

Ages 4-5

In the "pre-k" year, your child will focus on the following skills:

  • Fine motor- cutting, lacing, painting, etc.

  • Language- writing letters, building words with the movable alphabet, letter sound recognition, etc.

  • Math- simple addition, coin sorting, counting to 20, writing numbers, etc.

  • Social- greeting people, resolving a group conflict, building rules for games, etc.

  • Emotional- developing methods for coping with strong emotions, showing pride in self, putting self to sleep or skipping nap entirely, etc.

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