Our Junior Prep Program introduces your child to the classroom experience by ‘attending school’ with you, or your designated care giver.

Teachers will coach you on how to engage your child’s innate ‘learning-by-mimicry’ while supporting their first efforts in a structured setting. Your child will learn how to use art materials to complete simple crafts, engage in positive social interactions with their teachers and peers, practice using emotionally intelligent language to meet their needs, and participate in Preschool activities such as snack and ‘circle’ time.

The Goals: To lay a strong social foundation based on kindness and trust while learning basic skills such as waiting, turn taking, listening to instructions, asking the teacher for help and taking pride in cleaning up.

Our Senior Prep Program supports your child’s emerging sense of autonomy and independence.  School concepts are explored with a bit more complexity and the calendar is introduced at circle time. Opportunities abound to develop public speaking and confidence along with self-control and simple problem solving.  Guided classroom activities include art and science exploration, pre-numeracy & literacy activities, music, and fine motor development.

Coaching conversations with your teachers focus on positive guidance, conflict resolution, and successful separations. We will begin the transfer of trust and authority from parent to teachers as parents begin to step back from the role of primary support in the classroom and take short “breaks” from being in the classroom.

The Goals: To support the emerging autonomy of each child and begin their healthy separation from their care giver for most classroom activities.  To expand your child’s vocabulary for receiving help, changing social interactions for the better, and sharing feelings.

If your child is at least 2½, and turning 3 before December, they might be ready for our Independence Building Program.  This supportive program offers gradual entry into our licensed Preschool classroom.  Parents are able to stay in the room, to the side, while being coached by the Teachers to develop positive language and techniques for leaving the classroom completely.

Children demonstrating the ability to follow teacher instructions without their parent in immediate attendance may be ready to join this Junior Preschool class to continue developing the social and emotional skills they need for full Preschool attendance.  Ask your Senior Prep Teacher for more information, if you think your child is ready for this next step.

The Goals: To support independent Preschool attendance and complete the transfer of trust and authority to Teachers while building academic and friendship skills.

Our Montessori Inspired Preschool Program offers a rich curriculum that incorporates the educational philosophies of Maria Montessori and Early Childhood Education to inspire children to become self-sufficient, confident members of society. Our bright and engaging classroom is filled with interesting materials that encourage your child to use their natural learning processes to complete daily activities with gentle guidance from their Montessori and ECE trained Teachers.

Our Teachers build on the basic skills acquired in our Prep School programs by adding elements of higher-order inquiry and experimentation along with deeper investigations into monthly themes. Daily exercises will broaden your child’s English vocabulary base, increase their sense of mindfulness, and further their knowledge and understanding of basic scientific and mathematical concepts using Nature and Life as a model.

Our STREAMING curriculum plan ensures that all types of intelligence and interests are given an opportunity to learn and shine. Every week we ensure that Science, Technology, Reading and Writing, Engineering, Art, Math and Music, Individual Tray Work, Nature Studies, and Group Projects are covered in the classroom. Monthly themes draw from the fields of Cultural Anthropology, Natural Sciences, and Mathematics to support your child’s development into a Global Citizen possessing a compassionate world view complemented by a scientific mindset.

Time to Level Up! Building on what your child has already learned about life in our Prep Programs, or on the playground, our Teachers will help your child ask and answer questions about the world around them. Science experiments, educational art projects, and creative use of materials are designed to broaden your child’s English vocabulary, increase their sense of mindfulness, and further their knowledge and understanding of basic scholastic concepts. Using nature and life as a model, our emergent curriculum follows each child’s interests to expand their global awareness and emotional intelligence.

The Goal: To inspire your child to be curious, empathetic, mindful, and confident while out in the world and at school. To begin preparing your child for successful entry into Kindergarten.

Our Montessori Inspired Junior Kindergarten Program is designed to get your child fully ready for Kindergarten while kindly supporting their ongoing socio-emotional development.

In our bright and engaging classrooms, we offer a rich curriculum that incorporates the educational philosophies of Maria Montessori and Early Childhood Education to inspire children to become self-sufficient, confident members of society. Your child will continue to develop their natural learning processes and learn to extend their lessons with gentle guidance from Teachers.

We use an enhanced version of our STREAMING approach to ensure that Science, Technology, Reading and Writing, Engineering, Art, Math and Music, Individual Tray Work, Nature Studies, and Group Projects are covered in the classroom in a manner that stimulates curiosity, critical thinking, and self-sufficient problem-solving. Monthly Themes continue to draw from the fields of Cultural Anthropology, Natural Sciences, and Mathematics to support the ongoing development of your child into a Global Citizen possessing a compassionate world view complemented by a scientific mindset.

Our Blended Junior Kindergarten Program is designed to prepare your child fully for the academic rigours of Kindergarten while gently supporting their ongoing socio-emotional and physical development. 

Our emergent curriculum is co-created with the children into weekly projects. This allows for children to team up into small or large groups, or work independently, to accomplish their goals while applying and expanding the skills learned in Preschool. An excellent precursor for International Baccalaureate
programs, our JK program provides opportunities for your child to focus, develop specialized skill sets, and apply what they are learning in practical ways.

STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM MAY
ALSO JOIN THE FRIDAY MORNING CLASS.

The Goals: To prepare your child socially, emotionally, mentally, and physically for the rigours of elementary school and life in general with a solid foundation of kindness and a strong framework of Inquiry-based learning.

For families with children learning French or enrolled in a French Immersion Elementary School, we are very pleased to offer an After School French Tutoring Program.

Our French Immersion Program supports the BC curriculum, and your child will practice their French vocabulary through classroom discussions, lessons, and games. Monthly themes, explored through individual course work and project-based activities, are taught in French with some English translation. Our curriculum is designed to enhance your child’s understanding of French, communication, and positive social interactions in general.

*Due to COVID-19, this class is currently only offered as an online program.

The Goal: To provide children with a strong foundation in French and Chinese and support language immersion classwork.

For families wishing their children to learn or practice speaking, reading, and writing in Mandarin, we are very pleased to offer an After School Mandarin Tutoring Program, suitable for children with no previous exposure to the Mandarin language.

Our Mandarin Tutor supports your child’s developing vocabulary by engaging in discussions about monthly themes, which are explored through written course work and project-based activities taught in Mandarin with English and Pinyin translations. Lessons are designed to enhance your child’s understanding of both the language and the culture behind the words while developing their communication skills.

*Due to COVID-19, this class is currently offered as both an in-person and online program.

The Goal: To provide children with a strong foundation in French and Chinese and support language immersion classwork.

We are excited to offer placement options to Early Childhood Education and Montessori students seeking their certification. Trained teachers will supervise and support you with a quality experience in our classrooms. Special Needs and Infant/Toddler students, as well as Behavioral Intervention Consultant students will also find plenty to study at our Academy.