Ask and investigate
Children learn to notice details, ask questions, test ideas, and make observations.
Academics and inquiry
IB learning, STEAM thinking, and early-years foundations
Learning Ladders connects classroom experiences with real-world situations through inquiry, hands-on materials, critical thinking, and reflective classroom routines.
What children practice
Academic growth starts with daily habits
Create and explain
Art, building, stories, and experiments help children show what they understand.
Collaborate and reflect
Students practice language, social problem-solving, and reflection in classroom routines.
STEAM philosophy
Science, technology, engineering, art, and math in early childhood
STEAM experiences help children become observers, builders, problem solvers, and creative thinkers. Students explore these disciplines together because each area supports the habits children need for later academic success.
- Five senses centers and sink-or-float experiments.
- Recycling, sorting, balance, measurement, and pattern work.
- Building structures and comparing observations.
International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme
A framework for connecting classroom learning to the wider world
The IB Primary Years Programme helps students connect classroom experiences with outside situations. Children practice problem solving, critical thinking, and positive attitudes toward different cultures, beliefs, differences, and similarities.
The PYP emphasizes a balanced curriculum through the Programme of Inquiry and each Unit of Inquiry. Each grade level builds on prior knowledge while balancing knowledge, skills, concepts, attitudes, and action.
See the Pre-K and primary pathway