Full-Day Kindergarten
To learn about what the our Full-day Kindergarten has to
offer, please refer to the Full-Day Kindergarten site provided by the
Ontario Ministry of Education.
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/kindergarten/
From The Full-day Early Learning – Kindergarten Program (Draft
Version) the Ontario Ministry of Education notes:
The Full-Day Early Learning–Kindergarten program is a
child-centred, developmentally appropriate, integrated, extended-day
program of learning for four- and five-year-old children. The purpose of
the program is to establish a strong foundation for learning in the early
years, and to do so in a safe and caring play-based environment that
promotes the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of all
children.
The goals of the Full-Day Early Learning–Kindergarten program
are as follows:
- to establish
a strong foundation for the early years by providing
young children with an integrated day of learning
- to provide a
play-based learning environment
- to help
children make a smoother transition to Grade 1
- to improve
children’s prospects for success in school and in their lives beyond
school
The Full-Day Early Learning–Kindergarten program is based on
the understanding that children develop within a complex set of
interrelated systems that includes the family, the school, the broader
community, and the world. Although early learning programs have
traditionally acknowledged the importance of these systems, they have
tended to address each one separately, in terms of its individual impact on
the child. By contrast, the Full-Day Early Learning–Kindergarten program
recognizes the importance for the child’s development of the
interrelationships between and among these systems, and builds on those
interrelationships. Holding this interconnectedness at the centre of its
vision, the program sets children on a more positive trajectory for
learning.
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