The Early Childhood Program at Karuna Academy focuses on laying a strong foundation for future learning through play-based activities and hands-on experiences. In this stage, we prioritize developing social-emotional skills, motor abilities, and language acquisition while sparking curiosity and encouraging self-confidence.
Core Focus Areas:
- Practical Life Skills: Children learn daily life skills like cleaning, caring for themselves, and interacting harmoniously with others. These activities build independence and a sense of responsibility.
- Sensorial Learning: Children explore their world using all five senses, helping them make sense of the world around them through hands-on experiences with colors, textures, sounds, and smells.
- Language Development: Activities such as storytelling, songs, rhyming, and language games enhance vocabulary, listening skills, and early literacy development.
- Mathematics Foundations: Through hands-on materials like counting beads and puzzles, children are introduced to basic math concepts such as numbers, shapes, and simple patterns.
- Social and Emotional Learning: Focused on building empathy, self-regulation, and conflict resolution skills through structured play and group activities.
- Nature-Based Learning: Children are regularly taken outside for nature walks, exploring the beauty of the natural environment around Solukhumbu, which fosters curiosity and a deep connection with the Earth.
