BOGOTA PRESCHOOL Est. 2019

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On January 30, 2024 Steen School hosted Bogota Preschool's 5th Anniversary. Our event was a large-scale version of our classroom centers and standards-based lessons, with an emphasis on 

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY! 

Objective: Cognitive #11b,c,d,e

"Big Blue Blocks"

With teacher and family support, a spongy blue surface invited children to use big blue foam blocks of all shapes and sizes to demonstrate persistence and problem solving; showing: curiosity, motivation, flexibility, and inventiveness in thinking.

Objective: Social-Emotional #1a, 2c, 3a,b

"Pyramid Model Problem Solving Puppet Theater"

Teachers supported students in interacting with peers, and balancing the needs and rights of others. Using Pyramid Model supports, puppets and a puppet theater, they discussed feelings and practiced solving social problems.

Objective: The Arts #35

"Isabel's School of Dance"

Expert dance teachers led the children in exploring dance and movement through using props, music, and lots of smiles. They shared their talents through lessons in ballet and tap. 

Objective: Mathematics #21a,b

"Light Tables and Shapes"

The children used light up tabletop boards to develop understanding in spatial relations and shapes. Teachers supported students with specific language related to 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D shape recognition and identification.

Objective: Literacy #15a,b

"The Reading Forest"

Surrounded by trees and seated on tree stump stools, children used storybooks with accompanying felt gloves and props to tell and retell stories. Teaching staff supported by promoting phonological awareness by helping students notice and discriminate rhymes and alliteration.