Preschool
Preschool
We deeply immerse our students ages 2-4 in a second language. Our two-year olds start at 100% immersion, dropping to 90% by age four. This immersion foundation ensures that our students will acquire advanced language proficiency.
Preschool Curriculum
HWIS’ preschool program is based on the award-winning Creative Curriculum®. The program is creative, exploratory, and cognitively rich. Each unit of learning incorporates science, literature, art, mathematics, and social studies. Units utilize blocks, dramatic play, toys, sand/water, games, and technology. Through the units, students practice story-telling, discovery, cooking, outdoor play, rhyming, observation, drawing/painting, counting/comparing, graphing, singing, and problem-solving. The program differentiates instruction and offers a framework for assessing a child’s development across 38 objectives categorized in 9 domains: social-emotional, physical, language, cognitive, literacy, math, science and technology, social studies and the arts.
Through hands-on discovery in units lasting 6-8 weeks, students learn language and content through an interdisciplinary approach. For example, in a unit study of wheels, students observed how trucks moving down a ramp differ in rates of speed depending on the angle of the ramp, thus exploring principles of physics. They also observed the patterns that paint makes using different tire treads and categorized different types of transportation based on the number of wheels. These hands-on activities enable the student to learn vocabulary in various contexts that supports language acquisition.
Through hands-on discovery in units lasting 6-8 weeks, students learn language and content through an interdisciplinary approach. For example, in a unit study of wheels, students observed how trucks moving down a ramp differ in rates of speed depending on the angle of the ramp, thus exploring principles of physics. They also observed the patterns that paint makes using different tire treads and categorized different types of transportation based on the number of wheels. These hands-on activities enable the student to learn vocabulary in various contexts that supports language acquisition.
Social-Emotional Learning
We believe that helping young children experience and manage emotions develops a foundation for enhanced well-being, academic excellence, mental health and success in life. Through the program Second Step, our teachers and students are equipped with “in the moment” tools to help children self-regulate and develop critical thinking skills to problem solve.
Our Schedule
Our schedule provides options for either a half-day or full-day preschool for 2s and 3s. Pre-K is a full-day program.
Half Day: 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Full Day: 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.