Children come to the kindergarten with varied backgrounds. They bring with them different home and pre-school experiences. Many may have been exposed to television, mobile phone applications and most probably, the internet as well. Although they will have more exposure to general information and academic knowledge, our concern is the total child.
Silver Hills Kindergarten learning architecture is child-centred. The physical, social, emotional, and academic needs of each child is our utmost developmental priority.
Hence, Silver Hills Kindergarten provides a learning environment which is flexible so that children will experience integrated learning in which they can acquire social behaviours which benefit both the individual and the group, develop critical thinking, learn to solve problems, discover, collect, and classify information about the world, build and clarify concepts, extend present knowledge and experience, learn about words, and explore usage and meanings for effective communication with others.
The kindergarten emphasizes play as an effective method for learning. This philosophy is directly based on the famous educationist and psychologist Piaget’s ideas that children should actively participate in their world and involve themselves in the various hands-on activities.
This will ensure that they are not passive learners but little scientists and discoverers who are actively engaged.
Just like clay in the potter’s hands, the initial years are formative in a child’s life. The guidance and care that we offer is aimed at moulding the tiny tots into responsible citizens. We aspire and work towards the following objectives for children:
Following are some of the remarkable components of our kindergarten value chain:
Exposure in artistic expressions provides opportunities to explore, discover and express the kindergarten child’s perception of the environment and of self. It is a vital element in the child’s personality development. Art activities support and supplement the kindergarten curriculum in all the developmental areas if the emphasis is on the art experience and not the complete product.
Silver Hills kindergartners are trained to respond to the rhythm and mood of music. Attention is given to melody and range of notes as songs accompanied by dance helps in the development of speech.
Our kindergarten follows a phonetic approach to language which helps the tiny tots in the threshold stage of listening, speaking and writing. Role playing, retelling and illustrating help them express themselves. Alongside, they listen to a wide variety of children’s literature.
Our KGians are encouraged to observe weather and seasonal changes. They learn more about themselves by exploring their five senses. Suitable games are introduced to trigger a sense of eagerness in appreciating everyday science in their immediate environment. Gradually they enjoy classifying mammals, birds, fish and reptiles. Other priority areas are healthy daily routines, food habits and hygiene awareness and practices.
As our kindergartners gradually acquire rudimentary numerical skills, daily opportunities are offered to explore everyday use of maths about money, temperature, time, days of the week, calendar and so on. Suitable manipulatives are introduced for better awareness of sets, sizes, shapes, patterns and measurement using non-standard units of measure. Due emphasis is placed on the benefits of singing as it is an essential precursor to later educational success and emotional well-being.
Children get graded in physical training. It is a channel for instilling the value of cooperation which is a key skill kids can acquire in a fun way. Our experience shows, playing together encourages group work and instills readiness for individual as well as group actions. The training includes fun games for balancing, bouncing, and passing a ball. Such activities allow emotional as well as physical release.
Field trip experiences are planned to enhance live learning and real time dynamics.
The KG year is from June to March. The five-day week working hours are from 7.50 am to 1.50 pm. Saturdays are holidays for the KG section.
The regular KG curriculum covers (a) English (b) Malayalam (c) Hindi (d) Maths (e) G K (f) Rhymes and Stories and (g) Physical & Health Education.
KG co-curricular activities include drawing, craft, music and dance.
KG children shall wear uniform on all working days right from the beginning of the academic year. KG uniform cloth should be purchased from the school store only. The arrangement ensures quality and uniformity in the shades of materials offered at reasonable prices. The school has a dedicated tailor who is well-versed in the school uniform norms. The prescribed uniform is:
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