Dance
Children have the opportunity to take Dance which is offered on Monday and Thursday each week with Tippi Toes Dance St. Louis.
Piano
Private 20 minute lessons are offered to the Nursery, Pre-K, and
Kindergarten students each week. Beginning piano books are used so that
children may begin to read music, identify music notation, and
eventually play music from their books. Piano is offered early in the
morning or in the afternoons. The instructor is very flexible with
scheduling.
Spanish
Because foreign language provides academic and cognitive advantages
we offer a co-curricular pre-primary Spanish program. Given that
children as young as 2 demonstrate a remarkable ability to absorb and
reproduce a second language naturally, parents may choose to enroll
their child at the Tiny Tot level, after the child has adjusted to the
new environment and routines. Two basic tenets provide the
infrastructure of the Spanish program: 1) all children can be successful
language students and 2) learning must be fun. The curriculum follows a
natural development and capitalizes on student interests. Songs,
puppets, short videos, manipulatives, pictures and story time are core
elements. Learning activtiies rely on imagination, movement, listening
and replication. From day 1 students begin incorporating Spanish via
greetings, colors, and phrases into their daily life.