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Let’s follow Victoria, one of the students in our K-Prep class, and learn how she spends her day at Anna House.
She arrives bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for a brand-new day of learning. First up on the schedule is helping to set up stations for the day and practicing art skills at an easel.
Once everyone has arrived for the day, our K-prep group does their morning gathering routine: Welcome song, saying good morning to everyone, and then sitting down together for breakfast. This morning, they enjoyed cereal with milk and a clementine. If it was Victoria's choice, we would have blueberry muffins every morning!
After breakfast, each child chooses which small group activity they want to participate in: Art Studios, Math Counts, Science Rocks, and Language Works. Allowing our children to break out into smaller groups helps to foster their sense of autonomy. They are responsible for cleaning up their own station, including putting away finished items and washing hands.
Anthony and Victoria finished their Science Rocks activity faster than the rest of the group, so they decided to sit down and read together while waiting for everyone else to finish their work.
The entire class gathers together to practice letter formation and writing skills afterwords, which also improves their self-help skills.
Victoria jumped to the rescue - helping Ramon to zip up his coat correctly before leaving Anna House for the day!
Victoria embodied our Excellence value in our HEART principles by paying attention to the smallest details, noticing that Ramon had not zipped up his coat. Then, she demonstrated the Respect value by asking Ramon if he needed help. Finally, she showed excellent Teamwork skills by zipping up Ramon's coat while talking him through each step: lining up the zipper, then pulling it up. Ramon was empowered to feel confident putting on his coat alone next time.