WHY JOSO’S?
- We commit to the highest standard of quality in our programs and we make them FUN.
- We focus on academic as well as practical life skills.
- We prepare children to read and write before they start Kindergarten.
- We use the frog street toddler curriculum for our Junior Pre-K (19M – 3Y) program.
- The Alberta Kindergarten curriculum is adapted to our age groups for our Pre-K and JK programs (3Y – 5Y) to prepare the children for Kindergarten.
- We use the Get ready for school literacy curriculum for Pre-K (3Y-4Y) and our phonics reading program for JK (4Y-5Y).
- We use the Alberta Kindergarten curriculum to teach our Kindergarten program with an Alberta Certified Teacher.
- Our curriculum includes Spanish, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Creative Expression, Environment and Community Awareness, Personal and Social Development, Health and Physical Activity.
- We help children to develop a love for literature and enjoyment of learning.
- We focus on personal, social, physical, intellectual, cognitive and emotional development.
- We offer a minimum of 60 minutes per day of physical activity in our indoor and outdoor playgrounds.
- We offer structured activities as well as opportunities for open play.
- We work together with parents to ensure appropriate child development and success.
- We offer field trips, special visitors, and entertainers throughout the year (not during the pandemic).
FULL DAY PROGRAMS
- We offer the following Full Day programs:
- Junior Preschool (Jr Pre-K) (19M-3Y) – This program is for children from 19 months to under 3 years old.
- Preschool (Pre-K) (3Y-4Y). This program is for all 3 year olds and 4 year olds who have no previous preschool experience.
- Junior Kindergarten (JK) (4Y-5Y). This program is for all 4 year olds and 5 year olds who are not ready for Kindergarten.
- Kindergarten (K) (4Y-6Y). This program is for advanced 4 year olds, all 4 1/2 and 5 year olds who are ready for Kindergarten. We teach the Alberta Kindergarten Curriculum with an Alberta Certified Teacher (please note this is NOT an Alberta Education funded program).
- Why our Preschool programs?
- Small class sizes (maximum of 12 for Jr Pre-K, 16 for Pre-K, and 20 for JK)
- Effective child/teacher ratios (6:1 for Jr Pre-K, 8:1 for Pre-K and 10:1 for JK)
- Award winning curriculum for all programs (Frog street for Jr Pre-K, Get Ready for School for Pre-K and phonics for JK)
- Why our Kindergarten program?:
- Small class size (no more than 20 students) and effective child/teacher ratios (up to 10 students to 1 teacher).
- Before and After care offered within the same facility.
- Excellent for parents looking for a full day option or parents who would like to hold their child back a year.
- After your child completes our Kindergarten program, parents will have a choice to register their child again in Kindergarten or Grade 1 the following school year with Alberta Education.
- Other Information:
- Our Full-Day programs are ongoing, children will register into one of our programs and we will advance them to the next program every year. If you leave the program, the space will be given to another family.
- We will provide 2 snacks for the full-day program, one in the morning and one in the afternoon and milk for snack/lunch time. We will also provide a snack for before care and another snack for after care.
- Lunches will not be provided with the exception of the last Friday of the month which will be Pizza Day and we will provide the Pizza. We provided lunches in the past and realized that most children were not eating their lunches since at this age group and with different cultural backgrounds, children prefer their food from home. We provide a refrigerator and a microwave in each classroom.
- We will have a siesta after lunch for children who require it.