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New York, NY
Riverside Church Weekday School

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neighborhood: 120's · Telephone: (212) 870-6743 · Website: www.weekdayschool-nyc.org

Kindergarten
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General Approach to Learning

	Play-based
	Play-based with some structure
	Predominantly teacher-led instruction
	Montessori
	Waldorf
	Co-op
	Reggio-Emilia

source: This information was compiled by Savvy Source

Savvy Source's Comments

"Each classroom at The Weekday School offers various learning centers to the children. Areas are designated and appropriately equipped for reading, art, block building, dramatic and pretend play. Tables for working with manipulatives, a sand box, a table for water play, a science table, and a woodworking bench are included in each classroom. The daily schedule allows for both structured and unstructured experiences. The children are encouraged to make independent choices and work without restrictions, but within the basic framework of rules laid down for each learning center. The curriculum is not pre-determined but emerges out of the children's interests and play. Teachers skillfully plan and design activities and projects that extend the children's play into deeper and more meaningful learning experiences. opportunities are provided for each child for self-directed, experiential and active learning. Action- both physical and intellectual- is central to such a curriculum. Teachers make every activity meaningful by accompanying it with talking, interacting and posing open-ended questions. What is emphasized is the process and not the product. Teachers are aware that the longer the child remains in the process stage, the deeper and more extensive is the learning experience." (SOURCE: www.weekdayschool-nyc.org)

Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (5.0)
This school has increased my child's:
Ability to listen and follow directions
Ability to sit still for longer periods of time
Ability to be a part of a group of children
Self-sufficiency and independence
Awareness of others’ feelings
Cooperation with other children

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Curriculum and Teaching Approach

	PLAY-BASED	PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE	MOSTLY TEACHER LED	NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM	CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT
Language					-
Oral language	-		-	-	n/a
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs	-		-	-	n/a
Storybook reading	-		-	-	n/a
Emerging literacy skills	-		-	-	n/a
Cognitive Development					n/a
Math and number sense	-		-	-	Yes
Time & space	-		-	-	-
Sci. reasoning/physical world	-		-	-	-
Music	-		-	-	Yes
Visual arts	-		-	-	-
Physical activity	-		-	-	-
Other subjects taught					n/a

source: This information was provided by parents This information was compiled by Savvy Source

Savvy Source's Comments

"At The Weekday School there is a strong curricular focus on language development which accommodates varying levels of language proficiency. Some of the languages spoken by the staff and children include Spanish, Chinese, Persian, Nigerian, Korean, Italian, German, French, Russian, Icelandic, Portugese, and Hindi. All children are encouraged to read by discovering meaning in pictures, symbols and print. Teachers ensure the availability of a range of picture and story books in the reading area. Verbal story telling and reading is also a part of the daily schedule. Children are encouraged to talk about their feelings and dictate their thoughts and stories after an activity. Teachers write down these messages and display such experiential charts on the walls for the children to re-visit their experiences and 'read' what they had dictated. Children are also encouraged to write by assigning meaning to their own symbols through pretend writing and invented spellings. Thus language development is reinforced across the spoken, written and visual dimensions." (SOURCE: www.weekdayschool-nyc.org)

Parents' Comments

Parent #1
The school employs a music teacher, a movement teacher, and an art teacher who each work with the children once per week.

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