Die Kleine Kinderschule is a strong advocate of the “learn through play” philosophy.  Research and studies have shown time and time again the critical importance that play-based learning has on a child’s social, cognitive, physical, and emotional development. Each of our classroom environments use projects, seasons, various discussion topics, and celebrations, like holidays, birthdays, and special events/guests, to make our programming educational and engaging. We aim to be flexible to accommodate the changing needs of our growing and developing children while also developing a structure set in a frame of relationship to support physical, emotional, social, cognitive, and language skills. Within this framework we create space for our students to develop their unique personality and independence to manage daily life.

A Typical DKK Day Includes:

• Circle time with stories, songs, music, games and conversations (The class talks about the weather, discuss letters, numbers and dates, shapes and colors)
• Physical motor play, games and exercise in gym, classroom or outdoors
• Washroom break and snack time
• Crafts, work sheets, class projects and hands on experiments
• Free play with equipment to facilitate social, imaginary, function, and construction play