K1 Model

Turning Point School’s signature kindergarten program gives children the time and environment they need to develop cognitively, socially, and emotionally. It further affords the opportunity to learn in a fashion that best suits individual development, whether that is in small groups and by Montessori methods, or in larger groups and by strategies suited to sitting at a table.

With consistent cognitive content in both environments, kindergarteners may do their learning in one of two atmospheres. Kindergarten children in the Primary program have the opportunity to develop leadership skills in a small peer group while learning to take part in a larger class. They are given time to master social skills, and practice making independent choices and making transitions into specialist classes such as music. As the oldest children in the classrooms, kindergarteners in Montessori-based Primary environment exercise leadership naturally.

In K-1, kindergarten students integrate more transitions to specialists and a longer school day. They enter Kindergarten having learned to use their words to solve problems and are able to maintain control in both small and large groups. Separation from parents proceeds smoothly for a K-1 kindergartener.

After completing their early childhood education, in either Primary or in K-1, all Turning Point students pass through the first grade in the K-1 program and from there to Level 2.