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Dallas, TX
Akiba Academy
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neighborhood: North Dallas · Telephone: (214) 295-3400 · Website: www.akibaacademy.org
General Approach to Learning
| Play-based | |
| Play-based with some structure | |
| Predominantly teacher-led instruction | |
| Montessori | |
| Waldorf | |
| Co-op | |
| Reggio-Emilia |
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Director's Comments
Our curriculum at Akiba is an emergent process that emerges in collaboration between the teachers and the children. Through observation and documentation of the children's interests, growth, and development, teachers plan for each child to deepen their thoughts and understanding about how the world works. Teachers set up the environment so that children are encouraged to be risk-takers and to always be asking deeper questions and seeking the answers.
Curriculum and Teaching Approach
| PLAY-BASED | PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE | MOSTLY TEACHER LED | NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM | CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| Language | Yes | |||||
| Oral language | - | - | - | - | ||
| Nursery rhymes, poems, songs | - | - | - | - | ||
| Storybook reading | - | - | - | - | ||
| Emerging literacy skills | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cognitive Development | ||||||
| Math and number sense | - | - | - | - | ||
| Time & space | - | - | - | - | ||
| Sci. reasoning/physical world | - | - | - | - | ||
| Music | - | - | - | - | ||
| Visual arts | - | - | - | - | ||
| Physical activity | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other subjects taught | As a Jewish Early Childhood Program, children at Akiba experience an environment that is rich in Judaic content that is completely integrated into the school day. Jewish holidays, prayer, and Hebrew language are all taught at Akiba. | |||||
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Director's Comments
At Akiba we feel that children are all incredibly unique, infinitely valuable, and equal to others. They are born with a sense of wonder, and as teachers it is our responsibility to nurture their passion to wonder. Our curriculum at Akiba is an emergent process that emerges in collaboration between the teachers and the children. Through observation and documentation of the children's interests, growth, and development, teachers plan for each child to deepen their thoughts and understanding about how the world works. Teachers set up the environment so that children are encouraged to be risk-takers and to always be asking deeper questions and seeking the answers.
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