Reflection Grove
Reflection Grove is a child’s last stop before heading off to kindergarten. We work to ensure that their time with us is filled, not only with exposure to early academics, but with plenty of exploration and play as well!
Kindergarten Readiness
Preparing kids for the big transition into kindergarten!
Rotating Subjects
Kids in the grove explore a large range of topics throughout the year to help them prepare for a school environment.
Social and Emotional Development
Building up the child’s sense of self-confidence and independence while simultaneously learning how to manage those big emotions.
Preparing for a big transition
The skills we work towards developing with our students are ones that will help ease them into their first year at the elementary level. Our classroom, like the rest of the school, is very inquiry-driven - we follow the interests of the class in order to provide meaningful learning experiences. Through hands-on, long-term projects that are often centered around art and nature, we offer the students opportunities to explore what most interests them while integrating academic concepts in subjects like math, science, literacy, social studies, art, and music. We also foster our students’ growing independence, as this is something they will have even more of when they transition to kindergarten. One way we do this is by encouraging students to try something on their own first and then ask a peer for help before coming to a teacher.
Social Skills Develop
Besides academics, we recognize that kindergarten is a year full of new social interactions involving peers and teachers, and a child’s social and emotional skills affect not only personal relationships, but also self-esteem and academic growth. As our students’ skills in these areas continue to mature, we encourage them to navigate social situations more independently. We incorporate role-playing, social stories and character development, theatre games, and small group work to foster positive relationships among our students. Other aspects of social skills that we focus on include conflict resolution, social confidence, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence.
Mixing it up
The Grovers never like to keep their bodies in one place for too long, and we don’t want to keep their minds idling either! Throughout the year, Reflection Grove will rotate through a large number of different subjects, exposing kiddos to new ideas as well as preparing them for the school years ahead. Children are able to experience these subjects at their own pace and in their own way, with small group sessions, week-long class projects and plenty of hands-on activities.
