Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Education

Science tells us that early childhood is a time of both great promise and considerable risk. Having responsive relationships with adults, growth-promoting experiences, and healthy environments for all young children helps build sturdy brain architecture and the foundations of resilience.”

 

Harvard www.developingchild.harvard.edu/science/

Age Group:

  • Nursery 1: 2 – 3 years
  • Nursery 2: 3 – 4 years
  • Kindergarten 1: 4 – 5 years
  • Kindergarten 2: 5 – 6 years

Providing a unique blend of US, UK and Singapore resources to ensure exceptional preparation for Primary School, Springfield encourages all students to be critical thinkers, discover their potential and respect diversity and one another.

Our learning environment is designed to support learning objectives, as well as the unique needs of young children. The arrangement of objects and activities encourages children to make choices, manipulate, create and represent their ideas and understanding.

Our safe and nurturing atmosphere encourages children to build confidence and take risks. Children work together as a learning group, fostering their individual competencies and making collaborative discoveries.

Children regularly participate in various kinds of play, which can be either child-led or teacher-initiated. Play is essential for young children’s cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. Through play, children express, combine, and extend what they know about the world around them, incorporating their knowledge and skills.