Bambini Dual Language Preschool teaches children two to five years old
Spanish or Mandarin using a language immersion education model.
Programs for children ages 6 weeks to one year olds will be available in the fall.
Programs
The school offers both full day and half day language immersion programs.
* Full day 50/50 dual immersion education model teaching the target
language and English.
* Full day immersion education model teaching in Spanish or Mandarin
* Half day full immersion education model in Spanish or Mandarin.
Technology is also a focus in the preschool curriculum. Bambini Dual
Language School believes that to be competitive in the new global economy
children need an advantage knowing a second language and possessing an
early technology education with an emphasis on literacy.
Philosophy
Bambini Dual Language Preschool believes that for children to be competitive in
the future it will be essential that they are able to communicate in other
languages and be tech-saavy. Research has also shown that dual language
education allows students to develop h levels of proficiency in their first and
second languages and achieve above grade level on academic assessments.
We will strive to provide a cutting edge, research based curriculum that focuses
on languages, literacy, and technology. Through collaborations with Arizona
State University and the Confucious Institute, Bambini Dual Language
Preschool will provide an education that rivals any other preschool in the
Valley. We will provide your child with the tools to obtain a competitive
advantage in the 21st century's new global economy.
We also believe that all children learn at their own pace and that providing
them with an environment to explore and learn allows them to learn the world.
Children need a balance of child-initiated and teacher-facilitated activities each
day. We believe that children learn by experimentation, exploration, and
collaboration. Children connect the learning they do in the classroom to real-
world experiences and lessons. Themes are used to introduce information and
build background knowledge so that learning takes place as the child explores
and manipulates real objects and experiences.
Curriculum
Bambini Dual Language Preschool has a teacher ratio of 8:1, students to
teachers. Literacy, language and technology are the focus of the curriculum and
will be developed around themes. Each classroom is divided into Learning
Centers math, literacy, art, music, blocks, creativity, language, computers,
science, dramatic play. Daily Instruction will include child-initiated and teacher-
facilitated activities each day. Classrooms are jam-packed with literacy in both
languages and the goal will be that the students can begin to read when they
enter Kindergarten. Teachers will read aloud to the students throughout the
day allowing students to develop literacy skills and to model the love of
reading. Literacy is the driving component of Bambini Dual Language Preschool.
Bambini Dual Language school believes that all children learn differently and at
their own pace. Through research, we believe that mixed age grouping and
centers that address multiple intelligences, are crucial in the develop of each
individual child. Mixed age classes provides all children with opportunities to
cooperate and learn from each other. It teaches them how to work in groups to
accomplish a common goal, skills that they will need to participate in the new
global economy.
Bambini Dual Language school also acknowledges that all children need to be
challenged, independent of age, in order to succeed academically. For this
reason children will be monitored by teachers and parents and will be taught in
small groups the skills that they are learning to master. Heterogenous and
homogenous grouping will insure that all children are challenged and given the
opportunity to learn at their own rate without impeding or delaying their
learning ability and desire. Technology
Bambini Dual Language Preschool children will use SMART BOARDS and
computers daily and access the newest cutting edge educational software to
enhance learning opportunities.
Professional Development
Collaborations with Arizona State University's Early Childhood Education
Department and Educational Technology Department are being formed to
increase professional development opportunities for teachers and to allow
current research to drive instructional practices.
Bambini Dual Language Preschool will be one of the first cutting edge
educational choices for parents in Arizona who want to provide their children an
advantage in the 21st century.
