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A Community of Learners
"Hello neighbor, what do you say? It's going to be a beautiful day!" It is
eight-thirty in the morning, and kindergarten students are gathered around
their teacher, greeting one another with handshakes, smiles, and song as
morning meeting begins.
Each day this ritual sets the scene for everything that occurs in our
pre-kindergarten and kindergarten programs. Morning meeting reminds
students and teachers alike that we are all members of a community of
learners. Children who enter Belmont Day School in pre-k and k come
from a wide range of preschool and daycare settings. Given the diversity
of early experiences, a central goal of the curriculum is to create a
sense of unity and belonging among these children who are the newest
members of our community. Getting to know the other children in the
classroom and making connections with children and adults across the
school is the primary focus of the fall term. Indeed, much of the
curriculum, extending from pre-k throughout our program, is driven
by these three questions:
Who am I?
Who are you?
Who are we?
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