
Early Childhood
Program
In Waynflete classes, students start to solve new problems by asking themselves two questions: What do I notice? What do I wonder?
Our dedicated teachers know there are many ways to arrive at a right answer and that students learn best when they find and follow their own path. That’s why we encourage the keen observations, creative leaps, hands-on experimentation, and rigorous thinking that lead to inventive solutions and rich insights—and make active learners for life.
Early Childhood Language Arts
Listening
- enjoy stories, poetry, rhyming, and playing with sounds of language,
- listen and respond appropriately to others,
- follow multistep directions,
- match letters to sounds, and
- hear and remember stories and other information.
Speaking
- exhibit ability to verbalize needs,
- recite songs and poetry with the group and/or independently,
- share ideas and experiences,
- dictate stories with a beginning, middle, and end, and
- join discussions with relevant comments and questions.
Reading
- enjoy stories and poetry,
- identify their own names in print,
- begin to identify letter names and sounds, and
- strengthen receptive and expressive vocabulary.
Writing
- express ideas through drawing,
- dictate stories,
- develop fine motor skills,
- develop a functional pencil grip, and
- begin to develop correct letter formation.
THE WAYNFLETE WIRE
Why Reggio Emilia is the right approach to preschool.
What happens when you put three- and four-year-olds in charge of their own learning? They will learn because they want to—for the rest of their lives.See how Waynflete transforms the traditional classroom and engages our youngest learners
CONTACT
“Our EC classroom hums with the work of children—excited and productive play. It is an environment that nurtures experimentation, curiosity, and risk taking. We listen to children’s questions and ideas and design connected and purposeful learning opportunities that encourage deeper inquiry. Come see where they have taken us today!”
Anne Scribner Hopkins
Waynflete Lower School Director