Children are provided with opportunities for language acquisition that align with the program philosophy, consider family perspectives, and consider community perspectives
Parents have an open invitation into the classroom. Many families chose to share their culture, language and beliefs with the classroom. Parents also enjoy sharing and reading books to the children.
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Children are provided opportunities to experience oral and written communication in a language their family uses or understands.
Parents are invited to come in and read stories from their native language.
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Children have varied opportunities to develop vocabulary through conversations, experiences, field trips, and books.
The children develop verbal skills through daily interactions, classroom investigations and various forms of print we use in the classroom.
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Children have varied opportunities and materials that encourage them to have discussions to solve problems that are interpersonal and those that are related to the physical world.
During circle time we have group discussions about the plans for the day. The children also engage in several roles during dramatic play.
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The children are given many different types of materials throughout our investigations.