PP1 Class
Experts say that creativity is developed between the ages of 3-5. This creativity allows students to be more successful in later years. Imani teachers are taught the following:
When children can imagine, they can envision solutions to problems. They can imagine what it’s like to be someone or something else, which helps develop empathy. They can find answers to the question, “What if?” And they can plan full and satisfying futures. For children, creativity is also important because it means there s no one right answer, which provides them opportunities to succeed. This, in turn, fosters feelings of mastery and enhances self-concept.
- Allow children to make mistakes. Einstein once said that a person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
- Believe all children are creative. Your expectations make a difference!
Speaking skills — My child can…
- Speak in complete sentences of four or more words.
- Talk easily without stuttering or repeating words or syllables.
- Say or sing familiar songs or nursery rhymes.
- Correctly name colors, people, objects, and categories of objects.
- Speak clearly enough that strangers can understand.
- Use most speech sounds. (Remember that some speech sounds, such as l, r, s, sh, h, y, v, z, and th, may not be fully mastered until age 7 or 8.)
- Use appropriate verb tenses.
- Use the pronouns “I,” “you,” and “me” correctly
The PP1 student is exposed to the following activites:
- Introduction to phonics
- Alphabets
- Expanded vocabulary
- Introduction to reading rhyming words
- Counting 1-100
- Continued development of social skills and learning to work together with others
- Addition with single digits