Preschool in The Laurel Room
Preschool students must be 3 years old upon starting school at ELMOur youngest students are on a path to viewing themselves as leaders and learners in the Laurel Room. Each child benefits from a carefully-designed environment based on who they are as an individual, the social and cultural context in which they live, and where they are in their development.
Program Components
- Leadership development through the teaching of the 7-Habits
- Access to high-quality tools, resources, and learning materials
- Weekly Kindermusik instruction
- STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) specific programming
- Block studio, movement room, art studio, yoga, and sensory experiences
- Comprehensive learning framework based on eight critical content areas: Approaches to Learning, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development and Health, Language, Litercy and Communication, Mathematics, Creative Arts, Science and Technology, and Social Studies
- A low student to teacher ratio of 7:1