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Kindergarten
Program Overview
As preparation for the school journey, Kindergarten sets the tone for a positive and fulfilling school experience. CFIS follows Alberta Education's Kindergarten Program of Studies for French Immersion. Offering a full-day program allows CFIS teachers to add enrichment to this framework. This enrichment includes field trips, guest speakers, daily access to physical activity, music instruction by a Specialist, and enhanced language development activities, both structured (teacher-directed) and unstructured (child-directed). The small classes each have a full-time teacher's aide during instructional time. Teacher's aides also provide small-group opportunities for remedial and enrichment activities.
The program fosters the development of intellectual, social, emotional, ethical and attitudinal capacities. Guidance in new learning experiences enables the student to tackle new challenges with confidence and enthusiasm. The children learn and integrate French when expressing themselves and are introduced to classroom routines and procedures.
Educational Goals
Music
Preschool and Kindergarten students develop basic musical skills through singing, listening and moving. Music is used to develop stronger language skills by learning French songs, rhymes and singing games. Social skills are enhanced through the participation of group musical activities.
Motor Skills
Provide an environment and activities that promote optimum physical development of gross and fine motor skills. Increase each child’s awareness of the relationship of his or her own body and other objects in space.
Cognitive/Intellectual Skills
- Provide opportunity for thinking at all levels: recall, application, analysis, synthesis of knowledge
- Stimulate each child’s thought processes to bring greater understanding, awareness and curiosity
- Encourage each child to solve problems independently
- Introduce the need for numbers in daily life
- Develop the ability to think logically and make associations
- Help develop attention span
- Introduce the concept of time and order/sequence
- Provide experience with books, audio-visual and other library resources
Personal/Social Skills
- Make each child’s school experience a positive one
- Encourage positive feelings about self, the school and the environment
- Encourage sharing and cooperation
- Aid each child to adapt to new situations
- Encourage independence in tending to personal needs
- Encourage safety practices in and out of school
- Give each child an awareness of the local community and other communities near and far
Language and Creative Skills
- Provide opportunity for self-expression
- Foster each child’s appreciation for the French Language in many different forms
- Promote each child’s free and artistic development and creativity
- Provide many different media for creative expression
- Foster appreciation for music and arts
