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22ndCenturyMedia.com private school guide
22nd century media | January 25, 2018 | 13
The Goddard School offers families
different educational opportunities
For nearly 30 years, The Goddard
School has been a trusted
name among parents and families.
Its classrooms are safe,
nurturing environments for children
6 weeks - 6 years, offering
age-appropriate opportunities to
explore and discover. From infants
to toddlers, preschoolers to
kindergarteners, highly trained
teachers lead each child to reach
developmental milestones, preparing
the children for social and
academic success.
At The Goddard School, the
on-site owners, Andrew and
Mary Fratini, work to make sure
every family enjoys a warm,
positive experience. They strive
to provide the best quality program
for each child year-round,
offering full-time and part-time
schedules with open enrollment.
The F.L.EX.® Learning Program
(Fun Learning Experience)
ensures that they meet high standards
specific to early learning,
development and care.
The F.L.EX.® Learning Program
is grounded in research on
how children learn best: children
experience the deepest, most
genuine learning when they are
having fun. It’s designed to help
build each child’s emotional,
academic, social, creative and
physical skills – including 21st
century skills such as communication,
collaboration, creativity
and critical thinking - to provide
a well-rounded experience and
help each one become schoolready,
career-ready and lifeready.
Twenty-first century skills
also tie in directly with STEAM
learning (science, technology,
engineering, arts and mathematics).
Introducing these subjects
early on helps promote children’s
natural curiosity in them,
increasing the chance that children
will pursue STEAM-related
careers later on in life.
“Supporting STEAM learning
at the preschool level involves
identifying activities children
naturally do for opportunities
to further guide them,” Andrew
Fratini said. “When children
solve puzzles or play with
blocks, they create pathways in
their brains that help with more
advanced STEAM skills later
on.” The preschool and pre-kindergarten
classrooms integrate
this play-based learning philosophy
into their lesson plans.
In the preschool classroom,
children use a variety of interesting,
hands-on learning and reading
materials to make play more
complex and challenging. Their
play also becomes more social
and cooperative as they build
their social skills, make friends
and learn to collaborate.
Children continue their journey
of exploration and discovery
in the pre-kindergarten
classroom. Teachers help them
apply their developing literacy
and math skills through fun, purposeful
learning experiences.
Play-based learning is so effective
that the results of a recent
review by the Children’s
Progress Academic Assessment
(CPAA) show that Goddard
School students score 45 percent
higher on mathematics and literacy
assessments compared to
non-Goddard peers. CPAA is an
early childhood assessment system
that assists teachers in making
informed and individualized
instructional decisions.
Submitted by The Goddard School,
9651 Gross Point Road, Skokie,
www.GoddardSchool.com/SkokieIL,
847-773-0200.
Lake Forest Academy is an
independent, co-ed, college
preparatory school for
boarding and day students
located in the Chicago
suburb of Lake Forest.
• Grades 9 to 12
• 435 students
• 40 countries and 16 states
• 30 miles north of Chicago
1500 W Kennedy Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045
847-615-3267 www.lfanet.org
Spring Open House:
April 22, 2018