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Young learners sow seeds of success in a nurturing environment

AT Concordia International School Shanghai, we believe that learn­ing for young children involves a unified relationship between parents, teachers, and the environment.

Parents and students are supported and encouraged in their relationship both at home and at school. Teachers are trained in research-based practices that help young children develop and grow holistically so that the whole child is cared for and educated. Through these research-based practices, children learn about themselves, others, and the world around them — all in an atmosphere of love, care, and acceptance.

One of the benefits of Concordia’s early childhood education program includes the intentional focus on a child’s growth in self-regulation, executive-function skills and social-emotional learning. Studies around the world have shown that children with strong self-regulation, executive-function skills, and social-emotional capacity will do better academically later in elementary school. These areas are a primary focus of the interactions and environments teach­ers plan for and carry out during their time with students each day.

(Drew Gerdes is principal of

Concordia’s new Early Childhood division.)




 

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