True North Kindergarten Program (ages 18 months – 5 years):

• Emphasizes developmentally appropriate learning opportunities grounded in developmental theory, knowledge of each child’s development, and the Vietnamese socio-cultural context.
• Nurtures child-initiated inquiry, wondering and questioning.
• Offers children opportunities to communicate their ideas through performing, visual arts, creativity, movement and uninterrupted play.
• Emphasizes oral language as the foundation of literacy development.
• Empowers children to make decisions about their learning.
• Enables children to understand their experiences with others and the world through exploration, collaboration and play.
• Embraces the outdoors as an integral part of the learning environment.
• Supports children through exposure to multiple educators in order to best meet their developmental needs within the context of the early years environment.
• Gives children the opportunity to learn in multi-age environments. The True North School Kindergarten program moves children from our early years program toward academics – literacy, mathematics, science instruction and other STEAM-related concepts that are age-appropriate.