Goals & Objectives

For the Preschool

•  To facilitate learning through play and discovery.

•  To provide a safe, clean learning environment for children.

•  To create an atmosphere of trust, security and comfort.

•  To promote the uniqueness and individual worth of each child by focusing on the assets and strengths.

•  To develop a flexible, well-rounded program that meets the needs of both the group and individual child.

•  To provide an appropriate balance between active and passive activities as well as child-initiated and adult-initiated activities.

•  To provide an enriched and stimulating environment to meet the needs of the whole child, including the physical, emotional, social, cognitive and creative self.

•  To provide opportunities to explore, question and discover the world.

•  To encourage creativity through drama, music, creative movement, puppetry, and art.

•   To provide a variety of opportunities, to expand language and communication skills.

•  To stress the importance of play and investigative learning.

•  To encourage problem solving skills and responsible decision making through respectful guidance.

•  To promote a keen awareness and interest in books.

    For the Child

•  Feel unique, special, accepted, safe and secure away from home with other adults and children.

•  Experience school as fun, stimulating and satisfying.

•  Enhance positive self-esteem, independence, and confidence by doing things for themselves.

•  Play and work alone and with peers with an array of materials and equipment.

•  Develop curiosity and perception of the world around him or her.

•  Create original works using diverse art media.

•  Experience music, poetry, and movement in a variety of ways.

•  Develop language skills by adult modeling, group discussions, conversations, songs, finger plays, literature, questioning and describing.

•  Develop social awareness and make friends.

•  Develop gross motor coordination through games and activities.

•  Develop fine motor coordination by painting, drawing, cutting, moulding, building, pasting, gluing, sorting, pouring, stringing and hammering.

•  Become more aware of counting and numbers, shapes, lines, measurements, colour, size and letters through play based activities.  

Method of Approach 

At Kaleidoscope Kids Preschool, our approach for developing and stimulating all areas of a child’s needs is by providing a safe and secure environment where children have the             confidence to engage in activities thus creating their own learning experience.

The theory underlying the children’s program is developmental in nature.   Kaleidoscope Kids Preschool takes an eclectic approach based on the theories of Erikson, Skinner, Thorndike and Gessell, with particular emphasis on Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.

We feel that the role of the environment is critical...that learning occurs through experimental interaction with the environment...discovery, observation and questioning. The children are served through planned experiences based on Piagetian stages of development. They are expected to move at their own rate through active, initiated, self-directed play.

 As Jean Piaget stated “Every time one teaches a child, one prevents him from inventing or discovering.”  It is with this theory in mind, we strive to allow children to explore, experiment and discover at their own pace.

Curriculum content considers age-appropriateness in all developmental areas with emphasis on promoting friendships and increasing feelings of self-worth.

All children have strengths as well as needs. Our common goal is the development of skills, attitudes, and behaviour that will allow children to deal effectively with the world in which they live.

We consider parent knowledge to be a great asset. It is important that teachers and parents work together to achieve common goals.

We believe in providing equal opportunity for ALL children. 

Our program offers a balance between ‘free time’ when children make choices and ‘circle times’, when all children take part.  Each portion of the day has value and purpose.