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Santa Clara, CA
Choo Choo Train Preschool
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Telephone: (408) 241-8434 · Website: www.choochootrainpreschool.com
General Approach to Learning
| Play-based | |
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Play-based with some structure |
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Predominantly teacher-led instruction |
| Montessori | |
| Waldorf | |
| Co-op | |
| Reggio-Emilia |
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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 | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Time & space | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sci. reasoning/physical world | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Music | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Visual arts | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Physical activity | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other subjects taught | "Classroom activities will be based on hands-on experiments and age-appropriate tools, and include phonics and Chinese language, math and science, arts and crafts, music and movement, social play, gardening, and computer lab." Extracted from www.choochootrainpreschool.com | n/a | ||||
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Savvy Source's Comments
"Children need to feel important as an individual, and learn to respect themselves and treat others, as they would want to be treated. Our program is to aid children in the development of sanitary health habits, learn to share, be polite and thankful." Extracted from www.choochootrainpreschool.com
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