curriculum

Curriculum - Nursery & KGs

Qualified teachers and assistants in Early Childhood Education at M.A.C. make extensive use of group activities, class interaction, art, dance, music and other innovative and effective techniques that result in successful learning for the children.

English Language ArtsMathScience and Social Studies
This course focuses on building English vocabulary. Each unit has its own theme and set of books, activities, and vocabulary. The program also includes Montessori activities which help to develop skills that will enable them to become independent thinkers and learners. Among other things, students participate in reciting poems, reading along with the teacher, and discovering colors. Children learn to identify letters and their associated sounds and to write their own names. Evaluations of students will be based upon daily observations in class as well as individual assessments.
This course focuses on basic mathematical skills such as counting and identifying shapes and numbers. Students identify numbers from 0 to 10 and match numbers with the right number of objects. They learn to count by rote, sort, and make and extend patterns by shape, color, size, or type, and recognize and identify shapes. Students also use measurement tools such as a scale and calendar. Evaluations of student progress are made through assessment tests and continual teacher observation.
In Science, students compare living with non-living things and learn about the five senses, motion of objects and the effect of temperature changes. They will participate in experiments and activities that will encourage observation, questioning and prediction. The Social Studies program focuses on three perspectives: knowing the environment around you, showing an awareness of their role in the family and community, and showing responsibility towards others and oneself (self-care, hygiene, care of their belongings, and behavior). They learn about holidays and their own and international cultures. Evaluations of concepts learned are made by the teacher, based on the student’s participation in projects, discussions and activities.

English Language ArtsMathScience and Social Studies

Theme-based reading and pre-writing lessons cover the following units: letters, sounds, syllables, words, and sentences, fairy tales with re-enactment, making and re-telling stories in sequence (beginning, middle and end), and making connections (relating the story to personal experience.) Pre-writing skills include: understanding that print conveys meaning, associating print and spoken words, and sharing stories orally or through drawings and writings. Evaluations of student progress are made through assessment tests and continual teacher observation.

Units include: sorting into groups and creating patterns based on characteristics, positional words, shapes, data and graphing, recognizing and counting numbers to 10, ordinal numbers, measurement, simple addition and subtraction, comparative words (such as taller/shorter), and passage of time. Evaluations are made through assessment tests at the completion of each unit of study and teacher observations on a daily basis.

Science units include: living and non-living things, animals and plants, and how things move. Social Studies units include: self, family, school and community, my environment, and my country (flag, traditions, holidays). Evaluations of concepts learned are made by the teacher, based on the student’s participation in projects, discussions and activities. 

English Language ArtsMathScience and Social Studies

This course focuses on helping children develop their English language skills. Children will sort words by sight and sound, use pictures, demonstrate one-on-one correspondence with words, and recognize rhyming words. They begin to learn to read unfamiliar words by using their phonetic skills to decode the first, middle, and last letters of the word. The children will learn the upper and lower case letters of the alphabet and their sounds. Basic grammar rules and sentence construction will be introduced. Students will participate in writing activities, retelling stories, and sharing and discussing ideas. This course sets the foundation for children to begin to read independently. Evaluations are made through monthly assessments and observations on a daily basis.

This course focuses on beginning math skills through the use of concrete materials. Children recognize numbers and count objects to thirty using one-to-one correspondence. They learn how to make reasonable estimates, sort by shape, color and size, identify basic shapes and colors, and copy and extend patterns. They identify and use tools for measuring, such as clock, ruler, calendar, scales and thermometer. Children begin to work with addition and subtraction concepts. Evaluations are made both through assessment tests at the completion of each unit of study and teacher observations on a daily basis.

The Science program includes the following: differentiating between living and non-living things, the Earth’s composition (land, water, air), parts of a plant and what it needs to grow, the make-up and movement of objects, and the three states of matter (solid, liquid, gas). Social Studies focuses on the development of the children‘s awareness of their family, community and the world and their role and responsibility in each environment. It also stresses personal health and hygiene. The significance of holiday traditions and the celebration of each is an important aspect of the program. Evaluations of concepts learned are made by the teacher, based on the student’s participation in projects, discussions and activities.