Shalom School’s Preschool and Pre-kindergarten students are provided with an educational foundation that meets each child’s physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual needs. Our program utilizes an integrated, theme-based curriculum that is developmentally appropriate and fosters the individual child's emotional, social, physical, and cognitive skills. The curriculum is aligned with the California Preschool Learning Foundations and it extends to all subject areas.
Shalom School’s classrooms provide engaging and diverse environments tailored to support all children’s learning. Our curriculum enables each child to progress at their own pace and build a positive self-concept. Each class features unique weekly themes and activities, reflecting the teachers' diverse expertise. Learning opportunities are adapted to the children's ages, developmental levels, and individual assessments. This approach ensures natural observations and interactions for effective assessment.
In all classes, Shalom School's curriculum fosters social and emotional development by teaching the students developmentally appropriate skills to regulate their emotions and behavior and engage in positive interactions with their peers. As students encounter conflicts or emotionally challenging situations, teachers help them to identify the emotion and learn an appropriate response or coping method for that situation.
Teachers throughout our program focus on recognizing and naming feelings, noticing the feelings of others, and developing skills to regulate emotions and behavior. They provide comfort, offer alternative behaviors, and encourage constructive conflict management. These skills are built upon with fostering empathy and understanding of others' perspectives and emotions. Across all classrooms, teachers help students develop a sense of competence and a positive attitude toward learning by allowing them to choose activities, involving them in the learning process, and modeling persistence and curiosity.
Through their educational journey at Shalom School, Preschool and Pre-k students have varied opportunities to enter into play with others, develop friendships, and effectively participate in the classroom community while developing prosocial behaviors.