1 year old school: Infant Programs, Toddler Programs, PreSchool Programs
Infant Programs, Toddler Programs, PreSchool Programs
Children’s Learning Adventure’s curriculum ensures daily exposure to STEAM-based learning through multiple learning environments. Our STEAM-based curriculum uses a hands-on, systematic approach to teach science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics while developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills. For example, students will learn about the laws of motion in their homeroom and then participate in an experiement that demonstrates the laws of motion in our science center.
Infant Program
(6 weeks to 12 months)
Our Infant Program is designed to stimulate infants cognitively through individual daily routines including physical development and health, language and literacy, and social emotional learning. Through our daily activities, we create an environment that enables an infant’s brain to establish important relationships and develop concrete learning skills.
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Toddler Program
(1 to 2 years)
Our Toddler Program is designed to be an interactive experience between the classroom, the teacher, and the children. Toddlers will learn to count, formulate sentences, discover their artistic and musical abilities, differentiate between their emotions, and learn about the world around them.
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Preschool Program
(Age 3 by December 31st)
Our Preschool Program implements our Lifetime Adventures® curriculum which is based on research that proves children learn best through repetition and practice.
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Pre-Kindergarten Program
(Age 4 by December 31st)
Our Pre-Kindergarten Program focuses on mastering kindergarten-level math, reading, and science objectives.
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Advanced Pre-K & Kindergarten
(Age 5 by December 31st)
Our Advanced Pre-Kindergarten Program reinforces early literacy skills learned in prior preschool experiences.
Our Private Kindergarten Program is aligned with national and state standards, providing a solid foundation for each student’s future educational experience.
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After School
(5 to 12 years)
Our After School Program provides an active school environment for students. Although our program is structured, students also have time to spend with their friends. (Includes up to 13 years old in Texas)
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School Breaks & Summer Camps
At Children’s Learning Adventure®, students are always gearing up for a new adventure! When school is out, it is ‘in’ to join the fun.
Each school break and summer camp offer a specialized, uniquely designed curriculum that encompasses STEAM learning and literacy. Each theme is developed to engage students of all levels in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics.
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Learning, Play, and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old (for Parents)
en español: Aprendizaje, juego y su hijo de 1 a 2 años
Medically reviewed by: Mary L. Gavin, MD
Kids transition from babies to toddlers during the second year of life. Shaky first steps give way to confident walking and climbing. Your toddler will be on the move, so be sure to childproof your home to prevent household accidents.
What Is My Toddler Learning?
Language Skills
Kids this age make big gains in understanding language and figuring out how to communicate. By 15 months, most say their first words and point to ask for something or to get help. They can follow directions when given with both words and a gesture.
By 18 months, they follow 1-step directions without gestures.
During year two, vocabulary increases slowly over the first 6 months and then expands quickly during the second 6 months. Vocabulary grows from 1 or 2 words to about 50 words. Toddlers will use more gestures, like blowing kisses and shaking the head “yes.”
Toddlers understand much more than they can express. This can be frustrating for your child and may lead to tantrums.
Fine Motor Skills
Hand–eye coordination and fine motor skills continue to improve. With better control over fingers and hands, toddlers learn to scribble and try to use switches, buttons, and knobs. Choose busy boxes and other age-appropriate toys for them to explore.
Play
As a baby, your child “played” with toys by shaking, banging, or throwing them. Your toddler now tries to use things the right way, so is more likely to stack blocks, listen or talk into a toy phone, or push a toy car.
Toddlers enjoy having other kids around.
They often copy other children while playing. But don’t expect them to “play” cooperatively with each other or to be thrilled about sharing toys. Have plenty of toys for everyone and be prepared to step in when they don’t want to share. Older siblings can be role models when it comes to teaching, sharing, and taking turns.
How Can I Help My Toddler Play and Learn?
Once toddlers learn to walk, there’s no turning back. Yours will want to keep moving and build on this newfound skill. Provide lots of chances to be active and practice running, jumping, and climbing in safe surroundings.
Toddlers love to copy you doing chores. Provide age-appropriate toys that will encourage this, such as a toy vacuum to use while you’re cleaning or pots, pans, and spoons to play with while you’re cooking. Other toys that toddlers enjoy include:
- brightly colored balls
- blocks, stacking, and nesting toys
- fat crayons or markers
- age-appropriate animal or people figures and dolls
- toy cars and trains
- shape sorters, peg boards
- simple puzzles
- push, pull, and riding toys
Reading continues to be important.
Your toddler can follow along with a story and point to objects in the pictures as you name them. Encourage toddlers to name things they recognize.
Chat about the books you read together and the things you did that day. Ask questions and encourage your toddler to reply by waiting for a response, then expand on those replies.
When Should I Call the Doctor?
Toddlers develop at different rates, and there is a wide range of normal development.
Talk to your doctor if you have any questions or concerns about your toddler’s development.
Medically reviewed by: Mary L. Gavin, MD
Date reviewed: May 2022
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how to finish, an accelerated program in two years at school
Is it possible to complete two classes in a year? Is it legal at all?
Yes.
You can finish two classes in a year at school as an external student. To do this, you need to transfer to family education. Previously, external study was a separate form of education, now it is just a way to pass certification while studying outside of school. Strictly speaking, “learning externally” now does not necessarily mean “ahead of the program,” but we traditionally use the word “external” as a synonym for accelerated learning.
Extern learns the curriculum at home and is attached to the school to take final tests and exams. If you study in an accelerated mode, you can reduce the period of study at school. For example, to pass certification for the fifth grade in December, and in May to close all tests for the sixth.
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How does an external student differ from an ordinary student?
The fact that he doesn’t have to go to school every day and turn in his homework for checking. Instead, he masters the program in one of three ways – on his own, with tutors, or in an online school.
At the time of attachment to the school, an external student has the same rights as other students – they can use the school library, attend practical and laboratory classes, and consult with teachers. The extern is obliged to take assessments on time and close the debts for study – otherwise he will have to return to school for full-time education.
Is it possible not to learn what you don’t want to?
No: you will still have to pass certification in all subjects, otherwise the student will not be allowed to take state exams (OGE and USE). They are required to pass all students, regardless of the form of education.
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Why finish two classes a year? Why such a hurry?
Finishing school a year or even several years earlier than peers means gaining time to:
- prepare well for entering the budget;
- if it didn’t work the first time, try again in a year;
- graduate from a university earlier than their peers and find a prestigious job faster;
- spend the saved time looking for yourself, traveling, working part-time or even starting your own business.
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There are other benefits that are not related to time. Read about all the benefits of externship here.
What about the disadvantages?
They can be reduced to three points:
- No control . There is no one to force the extern to study. To master the school curriculum on your own, you need self-discipline and motivation.
- No freebie . It will not work to write off or answer at the prompt of a classmate on an external course. To pass certification, each topic will have to be taught in good faith.
- Growing up early. Accelerated learning makes a child more collected, responsible and purposeful than most peers. This can create difficulties in communicating with them.
- Heavy duty. It takes a lot of work to complete two classes in one year. However, this is a matter of habit.
Is Accelerated Learning for Geeks?
Not only. Although gifted children who are bored in a regular school, external study will indeed be useful. But practice shows that in order to finish two classes at school in a year, superpowers are not needed. Accelerated learning is suitable for anyone who loves to learn, knows how to plan time, set goals and achieve them.
Foxford’s external student Vasily Poltoratsky completed the 8th and 9th grade program in one year, and then graduated from high school as an external student.
At first I just watched video tutorials, but already in October I realized that I could master the “Two in a Year” program. I was offered to take annual tests for the eighth grade at Foxford’s partner school Our Lands. The deadline was until the end of November.
I only had two months to complete the eighth grade program. I read theory and did homework for lessons on the Foxford website.
Having mastered the program in one subject, I immediately wrote a test on it and proceeded to the next one. So I moved to the ninth grade and once again proved to my parents the correctness of my decision.
To save time, I only watched the recordings on difficult topics. How do I know if accelerated learning is right for my child?
Psychologist of Foxford External Study and Home School Elena Petrusenko answers:
One child is able to complete two grades in a year. For another, it will be enough to add another language and Olympiad tasks. For the third, any advance in studies will be a burden – and there is nothing wrong with that, everyone has their own pace. Before you start accelerated learning, show your child to specialists to analyze his potential and understand the possibilities – both nervous system and physical.
Even if the child is a child prodigy, disregard his academic success and answer the questions:
• What can he do in everyday life?
• Is he able to stay at home alone and heat up food?
• Does he know the birthdays of loved ones?
• Can he play with the younger ones?
It happens that cognitive intelligence outstrips the development of other skills.
In this case, do not rush to conquer the educational horizons – the child will have no problems with this anyway. Help him to get on with life. In addition to personal qualities, it is important to take into account the environment:
Moving to another country, changes in the family – all this can be an argument for accelerating education (for example, to enter a university in this country sooner or start a career) , and against. If a child spends energy simultaneously on adapting to new conditions and studying, this can be harmful to his physical health. In addition, the child will not have the strength to make contacts with friends, hobbies – in general, a full life.
Finally, in order to study in an accelerated program, the child must clearly understand why he needs it personally, and not his parents. Tell us what benefits the externship will give him. Ask if he is ready to increase the load and give up part of the entertainment for the sake of studying for a while.
And remember: the child must make the decision himself.
How to manage to learn the program of two classes in a year?
It’s not that hard. At school, teachers spend a lot of time organizing, maintaining discipline, and lots of repetition. Without all this, learning goes much faster. In one lesson with a tutor or in an online school, you can learn three times more than in a regular school lesson.
Nevertheless, an external student must be able to effectively distribute his time and workload – this is what personal mentors teach the children in the Foxford External School. Our student Alina Akhaeva, who graduated from the 8th grade at the age of 12, considers the well-thought-out schedule to be the reason for her success:
• Classes start at 10 o’clock.
• In the afternoon I go to training. Between lessons and sports, I walk or carve wood.
• In the evening I do my homework and educate myself. I use the Pomodoro method : 25 minutes of active work and 15 minutes of rest.
• Before going to bed I like to read. I fall asleep around midnight.
On average, it turns out six “tomatoes” per day. Which classes are better to take two per year?
Most often, our students pass the programs of 10-11 grades in one year – this saves time for preparing for the Unified State Examination and entering a university.
Accelerated learning is more than just skipping classes. You need to look deeper, compare programs: grades 4 and 5 are duplicated in many subjects. 6 and 7 are also quite easy to combine, but 8 is more difficult – there are more new items. I would also combine 9 and 10, not 10 and 11, but it all depends on the specific goals and capabilities of the child.
Psychologist at Foxford External Studies and Home School Elena Petrusenko
Is it possible to take two tests a year from the first grade?
Yes, many parents feel that the primary school program is too time-consuming.
Their children take assessments for grades 1-4 in two years, and this is not the limit. For example, a student of Foxford Semyon Konstantinov began studying at school right from the third grade, graduated from the elementary school as an external student and entered the fifth grade at the age of seven.
If you want your child to get into an accelerated program from the first grade, read our guidelines and weigh the pros and cons.
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