Primary Subjects

Primary Subjects

Mandarin Chinese

The all-day immersive Mandarin Chinese environment is crucial for children’s listening and verbal learning. Additionally, we provide Mandarin reading and story time every week to strengthen their reading and comprehension abilities. The textbook of Mandarin Chinese reading is Zhongwen (Chinese) volume 1 published by Jinan University. This book is also available electronically and parents are encouraged to review with your children at home.

Math (in English and in Chinese)

Our math class is designed to provide instruction in both English and Chinese, offering four sessions and two days per week. The primary goal of this class is to establish a strong foundation in mathematical concepts and skills. We believe in employing a variety of engaging methods, such as hands-on activities, games, manipulatives, and visual representations, to make math more tangible and accessible for our students.

Throughout the course, we cover various key topics including Counting and Cardinality, Number Sense, Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Measurement, Geometry, and Patterns. These topics are fundamental to understanding and applying mathematics in everyday life. 

By teaching math in both English and Chinese, we offer students the opportunity to reinforce their learning. Pre-K math terminology becomes part of our daily language, integrating mathematical concepts seamlessly into our conversations and interactions. This approach helps students become more comfortable with mathematical language and empowers them to apply their knowledge confidently.

English Early Literacy

To better prepare our students for the elementary education, we also have daily English classes every morning that support  students’ emerging language skills like letter-sound associations, alphabetical order, sight words, and letter formation. Our English Early Literacy class focuses on building a strong foundation for language and literacy learning which is crucial for academic success in later years. We designed play-abased activities, story telling and interactive experience to improve children’s skills in phonemic awareness, letter recognition, phonics, and vocabulary development.

Social Studies

Our social studies focus on introducing young learners to basic concepts related to their immediate environment, community, and broader world. While the specific curriculum may vary based on Chinese and US culture, here are some common social studies topics: myself and others, families and communities, holidays and celebrations, map and geography, citizenship and history, culture diversity and traditions.