2-day / 3-day / 5-day Preschool
A child who begins their educational experience at Clarkson Co-op embarks on a strong academic program designed to further the thinking and confidence of students and help ensure their future success.
Preschool students learn to:
Separate from parents and trust new adults
Develop listening skills and the ability to sit for structured circle times
Take turns
Build literacy through active participation in story times
Build body awareness in our large gym through a variety of gross motor activities
Build strong foundations towards early literacy and fine motor skills with the Handwriting Without Tears Program — a widely known and highly successful program.
Learn early math concepts that include counting, sorting and patterning
And more!
Please note: children must be fully toilet-trained prior to starting at CCNS.
Junior Kindergarten
Morning + Afternoon programs available
The Junior Kindergarten program fosters development in many areas, including:
Language
Recognizing all letters and their sounds
Learning the parts of a story and the use of recall
Using fine motor skills to print upper and lower case letters; and more...
Math
The daily calendar
Counting to 100 using 1's and 10's
Odd and even numbers
Basic shape recognition
3D and geometric measurement, graphing and patterning
Social Skills
Learning to work with others in small groups
Longer sitting time
Learning about the world around them
And much, much, more!
Senior Kindergarten
Morning + Afternoon programs available
The Senior Kindergarten programs fosters development in many areas including…
Language
Learning with reading comprehension and answering questions relating to stories
Creating simple sentences
Single words, Dolch words and CVC words
Taking home bi-weekly book bags to encourage reading
Math
Counting to 100 by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's
Addition and subtraction with numbers up to 10
Explaining time, money and equal and non-equal groups
Recognizing 3D shapes
Social Skills
Exploring the world around us
Learning via cooperative games
And so much more!
Please note: the afternoon programme operates on an interest-only basis depending on interest from the membership each year.