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How Specialty Classes in Preschool Enhance Early Childhood Education 

July 13, 2023

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Choosing the right preschool lays essential foundations and encourages a love for learning. King’s Preschool in Shoreline, WA, offers specialty classes that are highly beneficial and enhance early childhood education. From music and art to language immersion, – learning a specialized skill at an early age sets young minds on the path toward academic success. King’s offers specialty classes like Sports, Dance, Music, Drama, Spanish, and Visual Arts. Keep reading to learn more about how specialty classes at King’s Preschool can benefit your child.

Specialty Classes Develop Specific Skills 

Specialty classes such as music, art, or physical education help children develop specific skills that will benefit them in the future. For example, music classes help develop a child’s sense of rhythm, while physical education helps develop gross motor skills. King’s provides preschoolers with physical education opportunities with the local Seattle, WA program Titans Premier FC Program.  

Titans Premier FC program focuses on soccer, basketball, and T-ball, as well as principles for success in athletics and life. In this Specialty, our preschoolers learn teamwork, safety, how to follow directions, and how to take on new challenges. 

Specialty Classes Increase Confidence  

Specialty classes in preschool can help children build their self-esteem and confidence. As they develop new skills and abilities, they gain a sense of accomplishment and pride. Preschoolers learn how to have pride in their work through art. Art is designed to give children the opportunity to develop, create, process, and work through their plans and ideas. When students complete their art project, they have developed a new skill and gained confidence in themselves.  

King’s Preschool teachers guide students through various art projects. Students learn to use paint, crayons, colored pencils, and paper mâché. At the end of their art unit, students showcase their work during an art walk for family and friends.     

Specialty Classes Improve Social Skills  

Specialty classes often involve group activities, which help children learn how to interact with their peers and develop the social skills of cooperation, communication, and teamwork. During Drama, preschoolers learn how to play and act out scenarios with their peers, how to work together, and how to follow directions.  

The Dramatic Play Center at King’s provides students an opportunity to take on various roles and recreate real-life experiences while building their vocabulary and social skills through cooperation and community play. Through dramatic play activities, students develop a greater capacity for communication and essential habits of mind that extend far beyond classroom walls and school years. 

Specialty Classes Enhanced Creativity 

Classes such as art and music stimulate children’s creativity and imagination, encouraging them to think outside the box and express themselves in new ways. Students receive different instruments and props to play with during music, allowing them the freedom and creativity to try new things.  

Exposure to New Ideas and Concepts  

Specialty classes can expose children to new ideas and concepts they may not otherwise encounter. For example, science class introduces them to the wonders of the natural world, while a foreign language class like Spanish exposes them to different cultures.  

Specialty classes in preschool provide children with more significant educational opportunities and help foster creativity, self-confidence, and social relationships. Specialized classes cannot be overlooked – they enhance early childhood education programs by providing children with the skills they need to prepare for future endeavors. If you’re looking for a preschool that offers specialized instruction on a consistent basis, then King’s Preschool, a Christian School, is the place for your child! With highly trained teachers, an engaging environment, and an extensive range of activities – from language to music – King’s students have the ability to take advantage of whatever interests them most. To learn more about what makes King’s stand out, book a tour today and explore why our unique learning experience is one every parent should consider for the start of their child’s educational journey.