Overview
The Early Years section (age 3-5 years) serves as a foundation for the Primary Years Programme with the goal of creating a project-based, exploratory teaching and learning environment. AIA has adopted two high-quality, complementary programs that meet the needs of all children: the Reggio Emilia and High Scope approaches to Early Education. The Reggio Emilia programme holds the educational importance of community and free inquiry as its primary values. It transforms the classroom into an area of discovery and experience, where children can become self-sufficient and self-guided learners, and where teachers are there to guide and encourage the learning process.
Our kindergarten classrooms are well designed for engaging and imaginative role-play activities. The classrooms offer a great deal of fun for the children as they experience a blend of play and learning. The High Scope program is also exploratory and project-based in nature, providing our teachers with the tools and support they need to create a dynamic and respectful learning environment. These two high-quality approaches have proven themselves over time, and we are excited to offer this tandem program at our school. At AIA’s KG, we emphasize children learning through play, where students develop literacy and numeracy skills in a variety of engaging ways. At such a young age, children have the potential to learn several languages. We take this opportunity to introduce the transdisciplinary units in both English and Arabic, thereby laying the groundwork for their later years. Students will be able to continue developing their skills in these two languages and learn a third language later.
