Arlington, TX
Children's Oasis

Director's Comments on Individualized Teaching

Description of how teachers work with children who are  "behind," "excelling" or "different" from the majority of students

Each two-year-old child, attending 5 days/week, will have three one-on-one 20 minute sessions per week following a customized progressive curriculum put together by the staff and following the guidelines as outlined by The Children's Oasis, Inc. Once every 14 - 30 days a Progress Report is issued so that you will know what your child is learning. Each two-year-old should be able to recognize and say the phonetic sounds of all the letters of the alphabet before his/her 3rd birthday. When they are almost three years old they should learn to form their letters and numbers. Writing skills are not perfected until they are about 4 years old. Then their motor skills are well developed. This is followed by arts and crafts suited for two-year-olds, circle time, singing, free play and outdoor play.

Each three-year-old child attending 5 days/week will have three one-on-one 40-minute sessions per week following a customized progressive curriculum put together by the staff and following the guidelines as outlined by The Children's Oasis, Inc. It is our goal that every child, enrolled since birth, reads 400 to 600 words before they are four years of age. Once every 14 - 30 days a Progress Report is issued so that you will know what your child is learning. Each three-year-old will do two hours of independently done schoolwork on the days he/she has one-on-one with the teacher, and three hours of independently done schoolwork on the days he/she does not. A progressive curriculum includes Reading (flash cards), Penmanship (how to form the letters), Spanish (common phrases used on a daily basis), Singing, Circle Time, Arts and Crafts. Math (addition) and Time Recognition should be introduced into the curriculum when the child is 3 1/2 years old.

Each four-year-old child attending 5 days/week will have two one-on-one 60 minute sessions per week following a customized progressive curriculum put together by the staff and following the guidelines as outlined by The Children's Oasis, Inc. It is our goal that every child, enrolled since birth, reads 800 to 1,000 words before they are five years of age. Once every 14 - 30 days a Progress Report is issued so that you will know what your child is learning. Each four-year-old will do three hours of independently done schoolwork on the days he/she has one-on-one with the teacher, and four hours of independently done schoolwork on the days he/she does not. By working independently of the teacher the child learns to become self-motivated so that he/she can survive in any environment and have a positive self-image.
A progressive curriculum gives a four-year-old the opportunity to improve on his/her penmanship as the child's motor skills are now more developed. Spanish skills will advance as children are encouraged to express themselves in Spanish whenever possible. The children should start to read books to the teacher in addition to flash cards and continue to learn how to tell time. Singing, Circle Time, Arts and Crafts will continue to get more advanced. Games teach the children to focus and cooperate. Math (subtraction) should be introduced when the child is 4 1/2 years old.

Each five-year-old child attending 5 days/week will have two one-on-one 45 minute sessions per week following a customized progressive curriculum put together by the staff and following the guidelines as outlined by The Children's Oasis, Inc. Once every 14 - 30 days a Progress Report is issued so that you will know what your child is learning. Each five-year old will do three hours of independently done schoolwork on the days he/she has his/her one-on-one with the teacher, and four hours of independently done schoolwork on the days he/she does not. By working independently of the teacher the child learns to become self-motivated so that he/she can survive in any environment and have a positive self-image. A progressive curriculum gives a five-year-old the opportunity to fine tune Penmanship skills, advance in Math, Spanish and Reading Comprehension, History, U.S. Geography, and Counting Money will be introduced. Field trips will be offered to help expand a child?s awareness of his environment.

After-School care will start with a light healthy snack.
Then they will start on their homework. When they are done they will join those that did not have homework and play board games or read. With a rotating schedule, everyone will have the opportunity to be Junior Helpers so that they may develop their skills in helping others. This teaches children to be self confident and responsible.
During the summers, school-aged children will have a customized progressive curriculum put together by the staff and following the guidelines as outlined by The Children's Oasis, Inc.

The curriculum for school-aged children will consist of Math, Vocabulary, Spelling, and Spanish. Field trips will be offered to help expand a child's awareness of his environment.

Montessori? Waldorf? Play-based?

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Trace around your child's foot, with shoe on, on a piece of white construction paper or card stock. Have child cut out the shoe print and add a spooky face. Glue it to a popsicle stick and you have a ghost stick puppet!

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