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22ndCenturyMedia.com private school Guide
22nd century media | august 8, 2019 | 19
Goddard School offers best childhood preparation for success in North Shore
For over 30 years, The Goddard School
has been a trusted name among parents
and families. Its classrooms are safe,
nurturing environments for children six
weeks to 6 years, offering age-appropriate
opportunities to explore and discover.
From infants to toddlers, preschoolers to
pre-kindergarteners, highly trained teachers
lead each child to reach developmental
milestones, preparing the children for
social and academic success.
At The Goddard School located in
Skokie, 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 ensures that they meet
high standards specific to early learning,
development and care.
The F.L.EX. Learning Program (Fun
Learning Experience) 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 school-ready, career-ready
and life-ready.
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
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% 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 Rd., Skokie, IL., 60076, (847)
773-0200, goddardschool.com.
KENSINGTON SCHOOL
Infant Nursery - Full Day Kindergarten 2019
Academic Early Education
Spanish, Music, Yoga
The Kensington Tinkerlab
Natural and Organic Meals
Celebrating 50 Years, Established 1969
Glenview
2160 Chestnut Avenue
(Lehigh Avenue and Chestnut Avenue)
www.kensingtonschool.com
630.990.8000