Our Classrooms
We organize our classrooms by age cohort:
Wonder Room
The Wonder Room is our two year old classroom. We limit our two-year old classroom to 12 students. They also have a dedicated floater. Our ratio of teacher to students for this classroom is 1:4.
Wonder Room Curriculum:
The Wonder Room is organized into centers. These centers include: Reading, Writing, Science, Math/Manipulatives, Block, Dramatic Play and Open Art. The materials in the center rotate depending upon the theme the class is talking about. The materials in the classroom also reflect the children themselves. The classroom is decorated by their artwork and their creations.
The two-year old class works hard on their social and emotional skills with learning to cooperatively play with one another. They work on their manners and a lot of self-help skills including toilet training. They talk a lot about being friends and what it means to be a kind friend. During this year, we see attention spans and vocabulary increasing.
Imagine Room
The Imagine Rooms is for our 3’s. We limit the Imagine Room to 16 students. The imagine Room is an Early NM PreK Classroom. The Imagine Room also has a floater that they share. The ratio of teachers to students for this classroom is 1:5.
Imagine Room Curriculum
The Imagine Room is organized into centers. These centers include: Reading, Writing, Science, Math/Manipulatives, Block, Dramatic Play and Open Art. The materials in the center rotate depending upon the theme the class is talking about. The materials in the classroom also reflect the children themselves. The classroom is decorated by their artwork and their creations.
The preschool classroom is a flurry of activity. Songs, letters, numbers, shapes and scissors are all a part of this busy year. Children are challenged where they are at and social skills begin to blossom. Working together is a theme for this year as they learn to be good citizens in their class.
Imagine Room Schedule:
After Chapel or Silly Stories, the Imagine Room starts their day with Snack. After Snack, they go outside to the playground. After outdoor time, they have Circle Time. Circle time usually consists of a story, songs and large group work on math, literacy and social skills. Open Centers follow Circle. During this time, the children rotate through the centers which are based upon the theme they are talking about that week. The teachers work individually with each student and modify the activity to the level the student is at. Open Centers last a majority of the student’s morning. Lunch follows Centers. Handwashing and Bathroom Breaks are appropriately placed throughout the morning.
Explore Room
The Explore Room is our PreK Classroom. We limit our PreK classroom to 16 students. That brings the ratio to just over 1 Teacher for every 5 students. This classroom is also a NM PreK Classroom.
Explore Room Curriculum
The Explore Room is organized into centers. These centers include: Reading, Writing, Science, Math/Manipulatives, Block, Dramatic Play and Open Art. The materials in the center rotate depending upon the theme the class is talking about. The materials in the classroom also reflect the children themselves. The classroom is decorated by their artwork and their creations.
This year we prepare the students for that all-important jump into Kindergarten. We work on independence in self-help skills, and all the things they will need to make this transition a successful one. As the oldest children in the school, they develop a leadership role. It is exciting to see how much knowledge they acquire in just one short year.
Explore Room Schedule
After Chapel or Silly Stories, the Explore Room starts their day with Outside Time. After time on the playground, they go inside for Snack. After Snack, they have Circle Time. Circle time usually consists of a story, songs and large group work on math, literacy and social skills. Open Centers follow Circle. During this time, the children rotate through the centers which are based upon the theme they are talking about that week. The teachers work individually with each student and modify the activity to the level the student is at. Open Centers last a majority of the student’s morning. Lunch follows Centers. Handwashing and Bathroom Breaks are appropriately placed throughout the morning.
Adventure Room
The Adventure Room is the fourth classroom at All Angels. This classroom rotates ages of students each year depending upon the needs of the school.