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Virginia Beach, VA
Pocahontas Preschool LLC

Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents.

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Telephone: (757) 368-7778  · Website: http://www.pocahontaspres...

• Summary
• General Info
• School Philosophy
  & Day-in-the-Life
• Curriculum &
  Teaching Approach
• Quality of
  Teaching
• Home/School
  Connection
• Discipline,
  Health & Safety
• Ages, Schedule
  & Tuition
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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

Children learn and develop at their own rate. Learning occurs daily and can be stimulated with the appropriate activities and skills. Children learn by experiences and by exploring their environment.

Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (5.0)
This school has increased my child's:
Ability to listen and follow directions
Ability to sit still for longer periods of time
Ability to be a part of a group of children
Self-sufficiency and independence
Awareness of others’ feelings
Cooperation with other children

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Curriculum and Teaching Approach

	PLAY-BASED	PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE	MOSTLY TEACHER LED	NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM	CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT
Language					Yes
Oral language	-		-	-	n/a
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs	-		-	-	n/a
Storybook reading	-		-	-	n/a
Emerging literacy skills	-		-	-	n/a
Cognitive Development					n/a
Math and number sense	-		-	-	Yes
Time & space	-		-	-	Yes
Sci. reasoning/physical world	-		-	-	Yes
Music	-		-	-	Yes
Visual arts	-		-	-	Yes
Physical activity	-		-	-	Yes
Other subjects taught	We provide Social Studies, where children play roles as community helpers and learn to interact with each other. Spanish and Sign language are provided as other ways of communicating and cultural awareness.				n/a

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Director's Comments

We provide an approprate develpmental and academic curriculum that gives your child the opportunity to explore and challenge the environment that surrounds them. In addition, we encourage children to learn the academic curriculum through hands-ons activities.

Parents' Comments

Parent #1
In addtion to language arts,visual arts, math, science, physical activities, music and orientation in time and space, children are given the opportunity to learn social studies, Spanish and Sign Language. A lot of hands-on activities are provided to enhance skills and learning. The environments are sett to be inviting and with lots of leraning materials. The curiculum is based on the the child's age and needs.