Nido (Younger Toddlers, 12-24 months)
As your child begins to walk, run, and jump, our educators observe and analyze their interactions with the environment, materials, and each other. Our teachers use these observations to recognize your child’s interests and create projections based on your child’s curiosity and their teachers’ intentions.
With many toddlers possessing at least 50 words by this age, educators observe your child develop their expressive language skills and witness an increase in their ability to remember events. Empathy, pretend play, and social roles are explored as teachers support your children as they navigate their first relationships and begin to create their own identity.
Three's (Older Toddlers)
As your child turns three their verbal language becomes a powerful tool they use to express themselves. As their identity and independence develops they begin to question everything around them and are constantly asking, “why?” As they develop a better sense of time, children of the Three’s separate from parents with greater ease. Since they begin to better understand a daily flow and others’ routines, they are more comfortable accepting transitions and soothe themselves with their ability to make predictions about what is coming next. Teachers prepare environments that encourage interactions between the children. The children exchange knowledge as they engage in conversations. The teachers ask open-ended questions to deepen children’s discussions of topics and to support the evolution of children’s theories. Teachers’ and children’s intentionalities are shared with one another as a network of ideas is developed enabling both to be active participants of the learning process. While your child learns new words and fine-tunes their articulation they communicate in simple sentences, begin initiating conversations, display a desire to talk about their interests, and can relate personal experiences with others with the support of their teacher. Most children at this age express themselves in sentences and are able to recite simple rhymes and ask questions.

Enrichment Programs
Chess
Chess grows dendrites in the brain, raises IQ, increases problem-solving skills and creativity, and improves spatial skills, memory and concentration. While playing chess, both sides of the brain are being exercised. Chess teaches planning and foresight.

Music
Through this specially designed program, children will have the opportunity to sing, move, chant, listen, and explore musical rhythm instruments. Children will enjoy traditional songs, chants, movement activities and more in order to support their rhythmic and tonal development. Highly trained professionals in the field of early childhood music education will guide the class through developmentally appropriate and fun activities, playing with shakers, sticks, scarves, and other rhythmic instruments. The younger children will develop greater physical control and body awareness through rhythmic play and enhance their verbal development through song, and the older 3’s & 4’s will begin to take charge, lead others, play games and be musically creative! All through the power of play, the children will reap the benefits of research-based musical experiences. Music learning supports all learning!

Dance
From balancing on their toes to raising their arms, dance utilizes the entire body and all of its muscle groups. Physical fitness is just one of many benefits. Dance helps children develop emotionally, socially and cognitively. The dedication, discipline and focus children must learn and practice are important life skills that will transfer over to school, work and other aspects of their lives.

Summer Camp
While summer time is a chance for children to relax, KLA Schools strives to maintain our standard of excellence through meaningful adventures and inspiring surroundings. Each year our programs change to represent the interests of our children. Experiences include weekly Splash Days, cooking classes, continued use of the Atelier as well as a variety of visitors from within our communities.
Learn more at www.klaschoolssummercamp.com