Early Childhood Program
Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten
Our philosophy:
At GSB we provide an academically and socially balanced preschool experience that prepares our children to thrive in elementary school. Our program is play-based with individual and small group academic instruction, which is intentionally interwoven to ensure each child is appropriately challenged and supported as they develop early cognitive skills.
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A Place to Grow and Explore
At GSB we believe the world is our classroom and for our youngest students this means daily outdoor play and visits to our garden and farm. Our farm managers brings chicks, lambs, goats, and other animals from our farm to visit the students as part of their animal study. -
Social/Emotional Curriculum
Friday Friends is a social emotional curriculum delivered to our youngest learners, Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten students, to encourage building awareness and skills in being a good friend in line with our school's core values. This includes: accepting and celebrating differences and similarities, respect, cooperation, problem-solving, and empathy. -
Preschool: Signature Programming
- Welcome to School
- Fall Fun
- Giving Thanks
- Happy Holidays
- Winter Wonderland
- We Love to Learn
- We are Lucky
- New Beginnings
- April Showers Bring May Flowers
- Look How Much We Have Grown
- The Nutcracker Performance
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Prekindergarten: Signature Programming
- Welcome to School/All about Me/The 5 Senses
- Fall/Harvest/Farm
- Dinosaurs
- Native Americans/Giving Thanks
- Winter Holidays
- Arctic/Animals/Penguins
- Chinese New Year/Shapes
- Space
- Rainforest
- Insects/Ponds
- Spring/Seeds/Flowers/Butterflies
- Ocean/Whale Week/Summer
- The Nutcracker Performance
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Kindergarten: Signature Programming
- World Language
- Daily PE and Recess
- Daily Music
- Orton-Gillingham Approach
- Art Specialist
- Reading Specialist
- Learning Support Specialist
- Extended Day
- The Nutcracker Performance
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Sample Kindergarten Schedule
8:00 to 8:15 a.m. — Arrival
8:15 to 8:30 a.m. — Morning Jobs/Free Choice
8:30 to 9:00 a.m. — Morning Meeting
9:00 to 9:30 a.m. — Reading
9:30 to 10:00 a.m. — Physical Education
10:00 to 10:30 a.m. — Music
10:30 to 11:100 a.m. — Science
11:00 to 11:30 a.m. — Snack and Story
11:30 to 12:00 p.m. — Math
12:10 to 12:30 p.m. — Lunch
12:30 to 1:00 p.m. — Recess
1:00 to 1:45 p.m. — Journal Writing/Phonics
1:45 to 2:30 p.m. — Handwriting
2:30 to 2:45 p.m. — Books/Pack Up
3:00 p.m. — Dismissal
Meet our Faculty
Our faculty is comprised of experienced preschool, prekindergarten, and kindergarten teachers who are warm and nurturing. They are deeply knowledgeable about early childhood education, including child development, curriculum, and instruction. Our teachers take pride in carefully preparing the classroom environment and the schedule of activities with the right balance of play and work.
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Gill St. Bernard's School
Gill St. Bernard’s is a private, coeducational day school for students age three through grade 12, located in suburban New Jersey. Each of the three school divisions provides a rigorous, meaningful, and age-appropriate curriculum, and all students benefit from the environmental learning opportunities that exist on our 208-acre campus.