We believe that being multilingual is a key element of global citizenship and should be fostered from a young age. Starting in Pre-Nursery, we offer daily Mandarin or Spanish instruction taught by native speaking education specialists in a dedicated language learning environment. Plus a variety of cultural activities and celebrations at school to foster an early appreciation and tolerance of cultural diversity.
At Stamford American, our teachers are early learning education specialists and their knowledge and experience complements the built environment to ensure every child is happy, involved and learning.
Our early learning curriculum is guided by the USA Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework Ages Birth to Five and The Creative Curriculum ® which outlines the skills and behaviors that our program fosters in children.
At Stamford American, we recognize the importance of allowing children to be children. Child initiated and teacher guided experiences enhance language development, social competence, creativity, imagination, and thinking skills. These experiences are supported by developmentally appropriate best practice and start the journey towards academic success.
Our teachers carefully monitor children’s learning by using Teaching Strategies Gold Software which is an authentic, ongoing observational system for monitoring children’s progress and development. As their educators, we observe their behavior and provide thoughtful engagement to take them to their natural next step. This progression is recorded and regularly shared with families.
