We believe that learning should be an adventure. Your child’s learning experience is bound only by their imagination! Whitecourt Central School Junior Kindergarten (JK) supports each child’s individual emotional, social, intellectual, creative, and physical growth and development.
Our learning approach encourages children to explore, question, discover and acquire skills of critical thinking and collaboration in a warm and stimulating play-based learning environment. Children express interests and ideas, research for further information, reflect on the experience and form conclusions. Staff observe and respond accordingly to develop engaging and rich learning experiences that are challenging and relevant for children. Through this explorative process, children develop confidence and independence.
Play is an active, child-initiated process that supports children’s learning through physical, social, emotional, and creative domains. A learning environment stimulates play through activities that extend learning into the areas of math, science, language, and literacy. Children come together to share what they have been engaged in and to celebrate successes and challenges. Staff actively observe, support, and extend their play by asking open-ended questions related to the explored concepts.