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Explore, discover, learn and grow at Kindergarten for the Arts! Learning academics through music and art is fun, fast and easy! Everything at KFTA is based on the latest brain research, developmentally appropriate but most importantly FUN! Students will learn science, piano, reading and phonics, famous places, mathematics, violin, Spanish, geography and history all through the arts.
Small classes and teachers with experience, a passion for teaching and advanced degrees make Kindergarten for the Arts the place for advanced learning. Curriculum details are below.
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Art & MusicPainting and crafts are not only fun but a fantastic way to teach geometry, symmetry, patterns, mathematics, geography, science and much more. Handwriting and spelling will be made easy and develop naturally through the kinesthetic teaching methods at KFTA. Students will learn beginning songs and exercises on the piano as well as daily group singing. Making music increases intelligence, raises reading test scores, undergirds critical thinking skills and is the foundation for whole brain integrated thinking. Always keep a song in your heart!
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AcademicsStudies overwhelmingly confirm that children who study music, art and dance excel in academics - and they have more fun too! Students will experience Spanish, a tactile mathematics curriculum, classic children's literature, historical timelines, astronomy and more all through music and art. Students will learn to sing hundreds of Acadamiacs songs including the multiplication tables, States and Capitals, The Periodic Table of the Elements, continents, oceans, map skills, songs about astronomy and more.
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CreativityThe latest neurological research confirms that young children thrive in a creative nurturing atmosphere. Advanced academics become easy, memory is sharpened, retrieval is enhanced and application becomes effortless when learning through the arts. Everything is hands on at KFTA. Interactive stations, learning centers and a low student teacher ratio saturate the environment with opportunities for learning. At KFTA everything we do is based the latest research about the brain and learning.
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Students will love discovering the ...
Element of the Day as they memorize and sing the entire periodic table of the elements!
President of the day, once or twice weekly, as they explore history and geography and sing the presidents in order!
State of the Day, once or twice weekly, as they learn about the U. S. and sing all 50 states and capitals!
Country of the Day as they "travel" around the world and sing every country by continent!
Animal of the day as they track all creatures great and small singing dozens of educational animal songs!
Element of the Day as they memorize and sing the entire periodic table of the elements!
President of the day, once or twice weekly, as they explore history and geography and sing the presidents in order!
State of the Day, once or twice weekly, as they learn about the U. S. and sing all 50 states and capitals!
Country of the Day as they "travel" around the world and sing every country by continent!
Animal of the day as they track all creatures great and small singing dozens of educational animal songs!
Rightstart Mathematics Curriculum
We have chosen this fun, unique and hands on sensory math curriculum which de-emphasizes counting, uses visualization of quantities and provides strategies and visual pictures for learning the facts. This means children will acquire the skill to compute quickly in their heads. Understanding and problem solving are emphasized throughout the curriculum. In addition to learning to tell time, Students will enjoy using the two sided Al Abacus that is both kinesthetic and visual. The AL Abacus is grouped in 5's and 10's for quick recognition of quantities. The second side of the AL Abacus teaches place values to the thousands. Students will naturally develop visual strategies as they use the AL Abacus and play FUN math card games. Remember those stressful math fact flash cards? They are a thing of the past! Math at Kindergarten for the Arts will be FUN and never stressful while providing varied repetition needed for automatic responses to the facts and immediate application. Developed by Dr. Joan A. Cotter, the Rightstart math curriculum far exceeds the Common Core Standards. Kindergarten for the Arts joins public, private, charter and Montessori school world wide who are preparing their students for success using the Rightstart mathematics curriculum.
The Writing Road to Reading Language Arts curriculum
This wonderful language arts program teaches all students to spell, write and read as it integrates all of the elements in each lesson. Also known as the Spalding method, handwriting is emphasized in a natural environment. Each lesson is child centered and brain based, multi sensory, interactive and highly effective. Phonics, high frequency words, grammar, comprehension and literature will be a part of the daily lessons as students also sing their way to fluency in language arts!
We have chosen this fun, unique and hands on sensory math curriculum which de-emphasizes counting, uses visualization of quantities and provides strategies and visual pictures for learning the facts. This means children will acquire the skill to compute quickly in their heads. Understanding and problem solving are emphasized throughout the curriculum. In addition to learning to tell time, Students will enjoy using the two sided Al Abacus that is both kinesthetic and visual. The AL Abacus is grouped in 5's and 10's for quick recognition of quantities. The second side of the AL Abacus teaches place values to the thousands. Students will naturally develop visual strategies as they use the AL Abacus and play FUN math card games. Remember those stressful math fact flash cards? They are a thing of the past! Math at Kindergarten for the Arts will be FUN and never stressful while providing varied repetition needed for automatic responses to the facts and immediate application. Developed by Dr. Joan A. Cotter, the Rightstart math curriculum far exceeds the Common Core Standards. Kindergarten for the Arts joins public, private, charter and Montessori school world wide who are preparing their students for success using the Rightstart mathematics curriculum.
The Writing Road to Reading Language Arts curriculum
This wonderful language arts program teaches all students to spell, write and read as it integrates all of the elements in each lesson. Also known as the Spalding method, handwriting is emphasized in a natural environment. Each lesson is child centered and brain based, multi sensory, interactive and highly effective. Phonics, high frequency words, grammar, comprehension and literature will be a part of the daily lessons as students also sing their way to fluency in language arts!
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Piano and Singing
Students will have music class daily. Singing will occur throughout the day as Acadamiacs songs will be used in almost every facet of the curriculum. Faculty members at Virginia Beach School of the Arts will instruct KFTA students in beginning piano. Students may purchase their own instruments for practice at home. The children will enjoy learning to play fun folk tunes and classical melodies. Two 15 minute keyboard/violin lessons weekly will be taught. Famous musicians, their works and home countries will be unit studies enjoyed every morning. Their compositions will be heard throughout the week. 
Kindergarten for the Arts 2018-2019
Complete registration/ information form Welcome to Kindergarten for the Arts, the premier school designed to teach academics through the arts. Our faculty members include advanced degreed, experienced professionals who absolutely LOVE children and the art of teaching! Our curriculums are unique, effective, tactile and very fun. Our atmosphere is encouraging, positive, exciting and stress free. Your child is a member of the class of 2030. Let’s give them the absolute best foundation possible. What makes us different? Academics at KFTA are taught through singing, crafts, art, rhythms on different musical instruments and creative movements. We also utilize the latest technology to give students a complete understanding of all concepts, unit studies and material presented. We teach in line with how your child’s brain is developing. This is what makes learning a FUN, fast natural process. How large are the classes? Class size and chemistry is very important at KFTA. We will keep the class size limited to 12. Who will be teaching my child? Only the BEST educators with years of experience are good enough for KFTA! Our lead teacher, Katie Simmons, has a masters in elementary education degree and is a technology specialist. Mrs. Simmons has been in the classroom for years and her joyful, gentle demeanor is a magnet for children and parents. She has learned countless Acadamiacs songs while attending classes with her own children and is gifted at incorporating these special songs and art activities into daily academic lesson plans. Heather Becker, holds not only a bachelor’s in music education but also an MBA. Her organizational skills make her a natural at streamlining the musical lesson plans, mapping out the progression of the Acadamiacs songs and teaching music theory. Heather has taught at the Virginia Beach School of the Arts for over 10 years and continues to always bring fresh new ideas and experiences to our programs. Meredith Hazelwood has taught art at the VBSA for 12 years. She is an amazing preschool instructor and is a natural with older students as well. A Norfolk native, Mrs. Hazelwood attended Virginia Wesleyan where she graduated with a degree in studio art. She will be overseeing the art projects, crafts and handwriting projects and activities at KFTA. Kristen Conley will be your child’s piano instructor, dancing coach, and yoga leader! Excelling in entertainment, Ms. Conley holds a degree in Music Theater and has entertained young audiences across the US. What kind of testing will my child take? Near the close of the school year, you may opt for your child to take an assessment test. This opportunity for your child to show just how awesome they are and all of the amazing things they have learned will become the cornerstone of their transcripts as they move to first grade. Teacher assessments, comments and transcript will also be provided. How will I know what my child did in class? We communicate through texts, emails and Facebook posts. With your permission, we will post pictures of your child and their classmates busy with the day’s exciting activities. Communication is very important! All of the teachers and the director will communicate with you often and every time you reach out to us. What are the times for KFTA? Kindergarten for the Arts begins at 9 am and ends at 12 noon Monday - Friday. There are additional classes your child may attend after 12 noon at the Virginia Beach School of the Arts including “Lunch Bunch”, Acadamiacs and more. A complete list appears in the weekly email newsletter. There will be the regular holiday vacations for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s and Easter. What are the tuition and additional costs for KFTA? Tuition is $445 monthly. You child’s supply fee of $150 covers curriculums and art supplies. There may be a small fee for the Christmas and end of the year programs. We will always do our best to keep these costs very low. Every student will have a list of things to bring for their use throughout the year such as tissues, hand sanitizer, pencils, glue, pencil box, etc. We thought you would be excited to know just how much your child will be enriched through the Acadamiacs songs at KFTA. This is what will be covered ... Ancient Civilizations Egypt, China, Greece and Rome oh my! Amazing photographs about these civilizations, their contributions, locations and history will be viewed on our wide screen TV’s as students sing! These songs far exceed the Virginia SoL’s. Animals Your child will love this series! There are 75 animal songs in the Acadamiacs project. Your child will learn animals by the geographic region/continent which these wonderful creatures inhabit. Teaching geography via the innate interest in the animal kingdom is fun, interesting and applicable. Astronomy From the planets to the 8 phases of the moon, from the sun to asteroids and comets, your little astronomer will be thrilled with the power that the knowledge of the heavens provides. There are over 30 astronomy songs your child will learn to sing as they are accompanied by NASA’s latest photographs from the Hubbell Telescope. Earth Science The volcano song was the very first Acadamiacs song and remains one of every child’s favorite! Aside from being able to spell the word archipelago, identify several on the world map and sing its definition, your child will learn about glaciers, the rock strata, tsunamis, fossils and earthquakes. Famous People Goals are great and learning about high achievers sows greatness into our lives. In addition to learning about the master composers and artists, your child will sing songs about and see photographs or paintings of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Galileo, Neil Armstrong, Pocahontas, Lewis & Clark, Marco Polo and more. We will have the “Famous person of the week as well as incorporating noteworthy individuals into unit studies and geography. Human Anatomy “Know thyself” is the Greek proverb. Through the Acadamiacs songs, your child will be able to identify and name the major bones in the body, tell you all about blood, DNA, the organs, teeth, eyes, ears and more. Map Skills It’s always good to know one’s place in the universe. From latitude and longitude to the continents, equator, prime meridian and oceans, students will know their way around the globe! Mathematics In addition to the art projects and abacus which make math visual, students will learn to sing all of the multiplication tables. Craft projects and cooking are a great way to teach proportions, geometry and fractions! Chemistry One of the show stoppers in the Acadamiacs project song line up is the entire Periodic Table of the Elements! In addition to having the element of the day, your child will be taught to sing all the way from Hydrogen to Meitnerium naming both the element and its chemical symbol. Famous Places in the United States We are so blessed to live in this day and age in this country. We will be teaching your child songs about the wonderful places that mark some of our country’s greatest achievements and natural wonders like Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Canyon, The Gateway Arch and Mount Rushmore. We will have “The State of the Day”, find it on the map and learn important facts about all 50 – then sing all 50 states and capitals. Famous Places in the World Students will have unit studies on Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe and South America. While touring each continent, songs will be sung about its natural and man made features. Songs include Angkor watt, Eiffel Tower, Mount Kilimanjaro, St. Basil’s Cathedral, Banaue Rice Terraces, Chichen Itza, Tikal and about 50 more songs! Plants Spring is a wonderful time to learn about the parts of flowers and trees. Learning all of this through songs makes it fun and easy – especially with coloring sheets! It’s all about the brain... Happy children learn easier. The latest neuroscience emphasizes the importance of fun and play in an active learning environment. Stress turns off the brain but art and creative movement energize the brain. When information is presented via a fun delivery system to a child who feels loved, the sky is the limit. They can learn anything and everything presented with minimal effort, store it in more memory centers and retrieve information faster for natural application. Everything we do at Kindergarten for the Arts is brain based but most of all fun. We hope your family will join us this year for the experience of a lifetime. Kindergarten for the Arts Registration form 2019-2020 Student ______________________________ age as of 9/1/18 ____ years ____months DOB ________________ Parents ____________________________________________________ Phone numbers and email addresses: mother ____________________________________________________ father ____________________________________________________ Two emergency contact(s) : 1. name ________________________ relation _________________ numbers ___________________ ______________________ 2. name ________________________ relation _________________ numbers ___________________ ______________________ Does your child have any allergies or medical conditions of which we should be aware? _________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ We will be paying monthly tuition by ___ Venmo (Virginia Dill / 757-717-7187) ___Cash Your child’s supply fee reserves their spot in the 2019-20 school year. Kindergarten supply fee: $150 Enclosed are copies of my child’s... 1. ___birth certificate issued by the state of their birth (not a certificate of live birth from the hospital) 2. ___ Shot record 3. ___physical (initials)_________ I give my child permission to participate in the Christmas program which will contain direct references to Jesus Christ. (initials) __________ I understand that if my child has a cough, fever, unexplained rash, any communicable disease, profuse runny nose from allergies, or has vomited in the last 12 hours they are not allowed to attend school. (initials) __________ I understand the Virginia Beach School of the Arts is a nut free school. I will not send peanuts or any other nut containing snack to school including granola bars. (initials) __________ I understand that water only is allowed in sippy cups/ sports bottles. (initials) __________ I understand that yogurt, fruit cups, squeeze fruit bags and any snack that is wet, mushy or needs to be eaten with a spoon, straw or poses a slipping hazard is not awed. Only dry foods such as crackers, apple wedges, banana, cheese or goldfish are permitted. (initials) __________ I understand and agree to remit the monthly tuition of $415 monthly. (initials) __________ I understand that tuition in full is due monthly regardless of my child’s attendance or lack thereof due to illness, vacations, holidays or inclement weather. (initials) __________ I understand that if my child withdraws, the full monthly amount of tuition from September through May is due with the exception of a military transfer. If a parent is getting transferred, one month’s written notification is required to be released from the 9 month contract. (initials) __________ I understand the supply fee is non refundable. (initials) __________ I understand the tuition is non refundable. (initials) __________ By enrolling in Kindergarten for the Arts at the Virginia Beach School of the Arts, I am giving my connect for my child’s likeness, photograph to be used in advertising and all promotional materials including the newsletter and Facebook. (initials) __________ I understand that payment of my child’s annual supply fee of $145 will reserve their enrollment in Kindergarten for the Arts. Thank you and we look forward to an AMAZING year with your child! Please email this completed form to VIRGINIA@VBSOTA.COM or mail this registration form to our business office in Florida: Jacksonville School of the Arts, 12525 Philips Hwy, Suite 203, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Hard copies of your child’s shot record, physical and birth certificates are required to be kept in our office. Please mail these copies to our business office in Florida: Jacksonville School of the Arts, 12525 Philips Hwy, Suite 203, Jacksonville, FL 32256. | ||