We educate children following the ideas of humanistic pedagogics.
Constant dialogue with a child is the basis for everything. During the process of education we strictly observe principles of mutual understanding, trust, patience, love and free choice.
Curriculum:
Development of emotional intellect
We develop five areas of emotional intellect: self-concept (understanding one’s feelings), self – regulation (ability to control emotions), motivation (making use of one’s hobbies), empathy (“stepping into other person’s shoes”), social skills (appropriate communication).
Development of social competence
We enhance the skills of benevolent constructive collaboration and communication with friends. We develop the children’s ability to control emotions, behavior to mind themselves and others, to foster goodness.
Developing the competence of knowledge
It is researching, processing information – senses, thinking, imagination. Methods of experiment, creative tasks, searching for information are used.
Developing the competence of communication
It is understanding the language and speaking. We strengthen the ability to concentrate, to listen and hear a friend, educator; to learn self-expression. We learn foreign languages through games and surrounding environment.
Means and methods of education:
Games
It is the best method to develop the emotional intellect of a child. Education is implemented insensibly. A child is given a possibility to choose an interesting and meaningful occupation.
Conversations
Experimenting
Observation
Created conditions allow a child to observe and understand the surrounding world, to feel the bonds and unity among people, objects and phenomena.
Interpretation
A children’s self-expression is encouraged, we help them open their potential, ,,run” from restrictions of reality, to role play various situations.
Critical thinking
Children are taught to select, sort out objects according to one or more features, to come to agreement with others, to make right decisions.
Papildomas ugdymas
Vaikučiai be kasdienių veiklų papildomai nemokamai lanko muzikos, sporto, tapybos, anglų, rusų kalbų užsiėmimus, kuriuos veda atvykstantys specialistai.
Vaiko raidos vertinimas
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