Curriculum

Rational 

The rationale for the Early Starters Preschool curriculum is to provide through play and use of creative learning and teaching approaches, a positive learning experience to make children ready for big kids’ school. 

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We follow the Government of Ghana Kindergarten Curriculum for KG1. We also use the five curriculum areas of Montessori Education. The infant and toddler classes; Hibiscus, Periwinkle, and Sunflower have school-based curriculum based on eclectic learning theories.

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Educational Content
 

Aimed at fostering holistic development. This includes nurturing early numeracy skills, promoting language and literacy proficiency, facilitating French language acquisition, engaging in physical activities such as aerobics, exploring creative expressions through music, movement, and drama, encouraging artistic pursuits through art and craft activities, fostering imagination and creativity through imaginative play, and nurturing social-emotional skills through tailored learning experiences.
 

 

Assessment 
 

Children are assessed periodically to ensure they are meeting developmental and learning milestones.  The results are used to provide individualized teaching and learning. 

Open Days are held during the second term for parents of children below three years.  This is to give parents the opportunity to see what the child is doing and an additional opportunity to interact with the child’s aunties on the child’s academic and social development. 

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Parent Conferences are held during the second term for parents of children in the Sunflower (N2) and Dandelion (KG1) classes.  Our assessments are used to create an individualized report for each child that shows progress against certain standards. The report is shared with families and discussed during Parent Conference. Parents are given practical strategies so that, together with the school, the child is assisted to overcome their challenge.  

 

 

General Aims

The Early Starters Preschool curriculum is aimed at developing individuals who are literate, good problem solvers, have the ability to think creatively, and have both the confidence and competence to participate fully as a responsible Ghanaian and global citizen. 

 

 

Specific Aims
 

• Develop self-control through social-emotional learning and independent play. 

• Acquire essential skills in language. 

• Acquire essential skills in literacy. 

• Explicit instruction with scope and sequence decoding and encoding print. 

• Develop the appropriate socio-cultural interactive skills. 

• Develop essential numeracy skills  

• Develop the awareness of the effective use of ICT.  

• Develop the spirit of curiosity, creativity, innovation, and critical thinking for understanding and developing themselves, their community, and the world. 

• Auto-education; self-education using Montessori education.  

 

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Content
 

• Early Number Concept, Number Sense, and Numeracy 

• Language and Literacy 

• French  

• Aerobics  

• Music, Movement, and Drama 

• Art and Craft 

• Imaginative Play 

• Social-emotional learning 

 

 

Pedagogical Teaching
 

• Use of relevant play-based methods  

• Create a rich literate environment 

• Use differentiation and scaffolding  

• Use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a teaching and learning tool 

• Integrate assessment into teaching and learning process as an accountability strategy 

• Montessori Methods 

• Use of Hands-on and multisensory approaches