Yellow Bilingual Program (Ages 3-4)
Type of program: Traditional, Non-Traditional & Montessori
Language: Bilingual (English and Spanish.)
Our traditional education program provides high-quality instruction supporting each child’s development in social-emotional skills, language, pre-writing, reading, math, and science. The program emphasizes building a positive self-identity, independence through routines, and promoting responsibility and creativity. Children receive emotional support and individualized attention to thrive and succeed academically and socially.
Developmental Areas Addressed:
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
What it does:
Children develop coordination and control of large muscle groups, improving movements such as walking, running, kicking, lifting, and throwing. Activities include neuromotor exercises in a designated room with materials like mats, tunnels, and foam blocks. Outdoor play is scheduled twice daily, weather permitting.
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
What it does:
Focuses on coordination of small muscles in hands, fingers, and eyes to support independence in dressing, feeding, and eating. Activities include painting, cutting, pasting, coloring, and lacing, enhancing fine motor control and hand-eye coordination.
LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
What it does:
Activities aim to enhance early literacy skills, vocabulary development, and communication abilities. Materials include picture cards, word labels, show and tell, storytelling, and nursery rhymes. Children learn to differentiate objects, expand their vocabulary, and develop listening skills.
COGNITIVE AND SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
What it does:
The “Behind the Little Red Door” program encourages social-emotional competence through storytelling and activities focusing on moods and emotions. Children learn empathy, self-control, healthy relationship building, and emotional management. Cognitive activities develop problem-solving skills and critical thinking through hands-on experiments and projects.
MATH
What it does:
Our math curriculum aims to build number awareness and mathematical concepts using hands-on activities, games, and songs. Children learn to recognize and count numbers from 1-20, match numbers to quantities, and identify shapes and their attributes.
SCIENCE
What it does:
The Science area fosters natural curiosity about the world around them, with environmental awareness as one of our main goals. In the Orange Group program, students develop science skills in physical science, Earth/Space science, and life science. These skills include observation, asking questions, communicating, classifying, measuring, experimenting, and predicting.
WRITING
What it does:
Pre-writing skills are developed through programs like Handwriting Without Tears and Graphomotor workbook. These activities include drawing vertical, horizontal, and zigzag lines, writing letters (especially those in their names), and recognizing upper and lower case letters. This foundation supports the transition from scribbling to forming letters and numbers.
INDEPENDENCE
What it does:
Developing independence is a key part of our program. Children learn to follow routines such as unpacking their lunch, hanging up sweaters, and cleaning up after themselves. These activities build confidence, responsibility, and self-reliance. Encouragement and praise are given for effort and creativity, fostering a sense of accomplishment even if tasks are not completed perfectly.
