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Cupertino, CA
FasTracKids

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

Review this preschool

Telephone: (408) 216-8136  · Website: www.imagination4kids.com

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

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

FasTrackids has a unique approach to teaching and learning. While the curriculum is delivered via a projector on an interactive white board, the teacher facilitates the lesson plan in a way that stimulates the child's brain development and their critical and logical thinking abilities. Most importantly, children are encouraged to use their creativity and imagination to explore and discover things for themselves. As they discover new things, they feel empowered to apply information and share their knowledge with others.

Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (4.7)
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	-		-	-
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs	-		-	-
Storybook reading	-		-	-
Emerging literacy skills	-		-	-
Cognitive Development
Math and number sense	-		-	-	Yes
Time & space	-		-	-	Yes
Sci. reasoning/physical world	-		-	-	Yes
Music	-		-	-	Yes
Visual arts	-		-	-	Yes
Physical activity	-		-	-	Yes
Other subjects taught	Our enrichment program, where children meet once a week for 2-hrs, delivers 12 different subjects over 2 years. These modules are used as a platform to enhance the communication and leadership skills in children. Subjects area include: Biology Creativity Technology and how things work Earth Science Goals and Life Lessons Astronomy Mathematics Literature Natural Science Speech, Drama, and Art Communication Economics

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Director's Comments

Our curriculum is delivered using a zig-zagging approach where the activites vary frequently.

All activities reinforce the concepts that are shared during the 2-hour lesson. For example: during a 2-hour lesson, children will do one or more art/craft activity; one or more science experiment; do role-plays; play games on the interactive white board and with each other; may be read a story or told a story; have an age-appropriate discussion; do individual presentations where they talk about their own project or as a group they may talk about their project, what they learned, did they enjoy the process, would they change anything about it.

Children are videotaped for the purposes of showing their parents the progress they make. This is strictly for the parents and done in an informal way.

At the end of every class, parents are invited to come into the classroom to watch what their children did that day.

Once the children are comfortable with their surroundings, the program, and their peers, they are encouraged to pay attention to body language and help their peers by giving and receiving feedback.

Parents' Comments

Parent #1
FasTracKids is based on a specific curriculum that teaches through the use of technology.