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Scottsdale, AZ
Kachina Country Day School

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Telephone: (480) 951-0745  · Website: www.kachinaschool.com

General Approach to Learning

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

source: This information was provided by the director


Director's Comments

Confidence, emotional balance, sensory integration and efficient strategies are crucial to successful learning. These are the internal structures that enable a child to access, analyze, synthesize and utilize information with ease and mimimal stress. At Kachina, we place strong emphasis on helping your child, at the most natural stages, develop these internal structures.



Curriculum and Teaching Approach

PLAY-BASED PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE MOSTLY TEACHER LED NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT
Language Yes
Oral language - Free play with some structure Predominantly teacher-led instruction - n/a
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs - Free play with some structure Predominantly teacher-led instruction - n/a
Storybook reading - Free play with some structure Predominantly teacher-led instruction - n/a
Emerging literacy skills - Free play with some structure Predominantly teacher-led instruction - n/a
Cognitive Development n/a
Math and number sense - Free play with some structure Predominantly teacher-led instruction -

Yes

Time & space - Free play with some structure Predominantly teacher-led instruction -

Yes

Sci. reasoning/physical world - - Predominantly teacher-led instruction -

Yes

Music - - Predominantly teacher-led instruction -

Yes

Visual arts - - - -

Yes

Physical activity - Free play with some structure Predominantly teacher-led instruction -

Yes

Other subjects taught French, Spanish, Early Literacy, Zoo Phonics, Computer Technology Workshops, Art, and Science. n/a

source: This information was provided by the director This information was compiled by Savvy Source


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