Eko Pley Preschool Academy is a mix of play and academic activities specifically designed to meet the needs of preschool children. Some activities and materials include:
- Art- crayons (wax and pencil), pastels, painting,cutting,clay, collage, batik, and other mixed media
- Fine motor manipulatives-sorting, pouring, beading, hand transfer, wooden puzzles, geometric puzzles, dressing frames, pinning.
- Science-exploring fossils, rocks, magnets, buoyancy, balance,senses through: touch, sight, hearing, taste, smells. Astronomy, Botany,Experiments!!!!!
- Mathematics-numeracy, counting games groups of 5,10, 20, dice games, geometry,sand paper numerals, printing.
- Language Arts- sandpaper letters, recognizing letters and the sounds they make, phonetics, building words through manipulatives, printing, worksheets, emergent,phonetic and sight reading, library corner.
- Music/Movement- singing, dancing, playing rudimentary instruments, dramatic play, listening to different genres of sound. Yoga, mindfulness.
- Play-kitchen, dolls, duplo,lego,blocks, trains, workbench, wooden architectural blocks,fire station. Socializing over snack and free interchange of ideas, sharing, making friends and building relationships. Manners, grace and courtesy.
- Outside Time playing in a bright south huge backyard. Nature walks, gardening, sports, art on the sidewalk, learning about and protecting our environment.
- Field Trips- in house and off campus. Parents come in to teach us about their professions, or culture. Outdoors- educational places of interest to explore nature, animals and environment.