A professional team of programmers in Shichida Kindergarten knows how to observe the changes kids reveal to us - how they are reacting to various forms of learning. For example, in the first term, our topic is on "CONCEPT OF THE BODY": divided into "THE HUMAN BODY" in January, "ANIMAL BODY" in February and "PLANT BODY" in March. Our focus is to widen and deepen perception skills. They learn that plants have no hands and legs, we all breathe in oxygen and eventually discover that all the topics have a common nature, that cell bodies are the basic units of life. Children learn how important it is to use their heart and mind to feel and think. As it is known that 3-4 year olds are learning faster and are sharper than 4-5 year olds, it is important to give them all a higher level of input. There has to be more room for critical thinking and to develop their view of life, their pure, compassionate character and a holistic mind.

This is VERY DIFFERENT from other preschool approaches which teach by age-based themes every month. (A typical approach: a 3 yr old learns in 1 term topics like Vehicles/My House/Sports, word recognition/spelling, and worksheets)

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