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561 Springfield Avenue,

Summit, New Jersey

(908) 2774400

info@cornerstonekids.org

Our Kindergarten class is filling up fast, we urge you to schedule a tour today and experience all the things Cornerstone School has to offer for you and your soon to be Kindergartner.

Cornerstone school provides a foundation in the skills children need to succeed in a formal school setting. Certified teachers guide children in an engaging curriculum that follows New Jersey State standards. Studies determined by student interest, bring all area of the curriculum together for our students. Literacy, numeracy, science, and social studies are presented through interactive activities using the Creative Curriculum®️.

Our school day runs from 9:00 am-3:00 pm with enrichment classes like Yoga and Little Actor's Studio are available for purchase as well. We also offer before care and after care which allows for drop offs as early as 8:00 am and pick ups as late as 5:30 pm.

Also,

We are a play based school!

What does “play-based” education mean in kindergarten?

• Play-based curriculum brings content learning to the mind of a child, respecting what we know about children’s development.
• Academic disciplines are integrated into the curriculum through educational games, art, investigation, research and dramatic play that is based on student interests.

Curriculum
Literacy

• Cornerstone kindergarten uses a balanced approach to literacy by combining phonics, invented spelling, handwriting and reading experiences with children’s literature.
• Cornerstone’s kindergarten teachers support children’s sophisticated comprehension of texts, while also building decoding skills of breaking down and building up words to learn to read.

Mathematics

• Kindergarten children are developmentally concrete thinkers and hands-on learners; manipulating objects is a gateway to understanding abstract math concepts and formulas.
• Cornerstone teachers guide foundational math experiences in composition and decomposition of a number. NJ State standards of addition, subtraction, multiplication of sets, 2D & 3D geometry, spatial relations, measurement, data collection and visual representation are all covered using our hands-on approach.

Science

• Throughout the year kindergarten students at Cornerstone study science that is meaningful to them. Our science program brings them knowledge of the natural world by teaching them key strategies for learning. Each student develops their talents for observation, documentation, inquiry, and experimentation.
• Science also becomes art, music, literacy, and math.

To focus solely on the academic learning that takes place in the Cornerstone kindergarten classroom would leave out a large part of why our students go to first grade prepared to succeed!

• Through our emphasis on critical thinking and verbal expression of ideas, our students become reflective thinkers.
• They have the confidence to voice their original thoughts, questions, and insights.
• Cornerstone kindergartners learn to be self-motivated and industrious workers through a focus on goal setting and marking of accomplishments. Throughout the year a portfolio of each students work is maintained and reviewed.
• Cornerstone teachers develop the social/emotional intelligence of each student by scaffolding their productive self-expression, their flexible problem solving with peers and their resilient self-confidence.
• Our understanding of the importance of addressing all areas of development means Cornerstone teachers take the time to facilitate students working through social negotiations and allowing our student to build positive self-images.

Students in the Kindergarten class use the resources our vibrant community has to offer to enhance the curriculum by going on several field trips throughout the year. These include local walking trips as well as trips off campus. Our trips include visits to the library, fire station, arboretum and local visual arts center.

In addition to all the thing our teacher's do for our students in the classroom, they also keep monthly anecdotal records and work sample portfolios on every student. Parent-teacher conferences are held twice a year where teachers provide detailed information regarding a students development.

If this sounds like a place for you and your soon to be Kindergartner feel free to call and schedule a tour with us today.

Hope to see you soon!