At our Preschool/ Kindergarten we believe that children learn best through playing, exploring and engaging in hands-on activities while forming positive relationships with children and adults in the world around them.

In our mixed-age (if Pre-K and K together) German-immersion Preschool/ Kindergarten, we have created an environment that invites children to try new things hand-on, express themselves, and take on responsibility. Our program is conducted in German, but the teachers are all bilingual and ready to assist in English as necessary. We are also taking a small amount of time each week as needed to teach some of the early literacy and writing skills.

The curriculum includes group activities and exploratory projects, circle and story times, arts and crafts, music appreciation, informal numeracy and science introduction, and physical activities and provides opportunities for individualized learning and social interaction.

Since the children in our school come from a variety of different language and cultural backgrounds, we provide individualized support for the children and their families in our school by forming collaborative approaches between the school, teachers and the families. For children (and families!) who are new to the German language, we closely monitor their language development to ensure that they will have a positive experience and gain the German language skills needed to advance to the next grade level. In addition, interested parents receive additional German-language materials and advice to foster ongoing language development at home. The teachers and parents work as a team to provide the best learning support to your child.

The Preschool program is built on research-based theory and best practices, while providing room for the teachers AND children respectively to discover what type of teaching and learning styles are most successful for them. Our Preschool/Kindergarten teachers approach learning as an exploration, an individual journey and an amazing adventure for all those involved! We lay the foundation for the international kindergarten program, as well as later academic international programs at our school, and at the same time provide our students with the language and subject content skills that allow them to transfer to another international or mainstream American public or private school program.