Emily Spong Preschool Center is currently
implementing four outstanding programs for our young students: Brain
Gym®, and Raising A Reader.
Brain Gym®
Brain Gym® is a program that promotes
integration of the mind and body through movement. It is a series of
activities that help individuals learn more quickly, manage behavior,
attend, comprehend, and succeed.
Each teacher at Emily Spong
Preschool Center has been thoroughly trained in Brain Gym® and we use it
on a daily basis with our children. We believe that Brain Gym® supports
learning and performance and helps to activate communication,
comprehension and organizational skills.
Breakthrough To Literacy
The success of Breakthrough to Literacy includes:
- Daily reading of shared story
- Daily writing
- Individualized software instruction
- Engaging children's parents from home
Where Bright Futures Begin
Houghton Mifflin PreK,
Where Bright Futures Begin is a comprehensive, integrated program that
incorporates strong literacy, math, science, and social studies
activities into daily content instruction.
Houghton Mifflin PreK
consists of ten instructional themes. Each three week theme includes
engaging, award-winning literature in the Big Book format. Each big
book includes three content links that organizes the instruction for the
weekly theme topic. Daily instruction focuses on phonological
awareness, oral language, comprehension, math concept development,
letter knowledge, pre-writing activities, and social/emotional
development. Formal and informal assessment is included for the
tracking of student progress. A family involvement component is
included to provide a connection between the home and school.
Features:
• Research-based instruction and activities to teach basic literacy and numeracy
• Daily phonological and print awareness activities
• Oral language development through songs, poems, and theme vocabulary
• Large and small group activities to meet the needs of every student
• Big Books that provide shared reading opportunities and promote print awareness
• Weekly Teacher Read-alouds that promote comprehension activities to build background knowledge and promote listening skills
• Integrated center activities that provide opportunities to practice new skills
• Daily letter and language activities to support the learning of letter names and formation
• Daily appropriate writing activities that connect the spoken word to print
• Weekly family newsletters
• Assessments for tracking student progress
Raising A Reader
Raising A Reader is a comprehensive strategy
to strengthen the early literacy and language skills of young children
through childcare provider training and parent education and
involvement.
Emily Spong Preschool Center embraces Raising A Reader and it is an integral part of the total school program.
Independent evaluations have demonstrated
Raising A Reader improves school reading scores by increasing the number
of families that daily read and share books with their preschool
children.