Nido (Younger Toddlers, 12-24 months)
As your child begins to walk, run, and jump, our educators observe and analyze their interactions with the environment, materials, and each other. Our teachers use these observations to recognize your child’s interests and create projections based on your child’s curiosity and their teachers’ intentions.
With many toddlers possessing at least 50 words by this age, educators observe your child develop their expressive language skills and witness an increase in their ability to remember events. Empathy, pretend play, and social roles are explored as teachers support your children as they navigate their first relationships and begin to create their own identity.
Three's (Older Toddlers)
As your child turns three their verbal language becomes a powerful tool they use to express themselves. As their identity and independence develops they begin to question everything around them and are constantly asking, “why?” As they develop a better sense of time, children of the Three’s separate from parents with greater ease. Since they begin to better understand a daily flow and others’ routines, they are more comfortable accepting transitions and soothe themselves with their ability to make predictions about what is coming next. Teachers prepare environments that encourage interactions between the children. The children exchange knowledge as they engage in conversations. The teachers ask open-ended questions to deepen children’s discussions of topics and to support the evolution of children’s theories. Teachers’ and children’s intentionalities are shared with one another as a network of ideas is developed enabling both to be active participants of the learning process. While your child learns new words and fine-tunes their articulation they communicate in simple sentences, begin initiating conversations, display a desire to talk about their interests, and can relate personal experiences with others with the support of their teacher. Most children at this age express themselves in sentences and are able to recite simple rhymes and ask questions.
Enrichment Programs
Music
Our weekly music sessions, included in our tuition, expose children to fundamentals of rhythm, musicality, and self-expression.
Physical Education
Sport specialist teaches students important concepts of body awareness, self-confidence, language and gross motor skills while hosting a weekly storytelling session.
Atelier
The word Atelier means art studio or workshop in French. It is a welcoming and inspiring place where a wide variety of natural and man made materials are visually available to explore. Here, children of all ages come individually or in small groups to encounter experiences with different media that will progressively support all their languages of expression. The early exploration of the visual arts through materials such as clay, paper, fabric, wire, light, beads, shells, leaves and wood, among others, offer children endless possibilities.
Extracurricular Programs


Dance
From balancing on their toes to raising their arms, dance utilizes the entire body and all of its muscle groups. Physical fitness is just one of many benefits. Dance helps children develop emotionally, socially and cognitively. The dedication, discipline and focus children must learn and practice are important life skills that will transfer over to school, work and other aspects of their lives.
At KLA we offer:
Ballet: Tuesdays (3’s -5’s) from 3:00 -3:45PM
Flamenco: Wednesday (2’s-4’s) from 3:00-3:45 PM
Zumba: Fridays (3’s-4’s) from 3:00-3:345 PM
Music
Music participation provides a unique opportunity for literacy preparation. Whether the children are singing, playing, or listening, teachers direct them to listen and hear in new ways, which exercises their aural discrimination. Playing instruments and adding movement to the lessons teaches children about sequential learning, which is essential in reading comprehension.
Music is academic, physical, and emotional. Music is for life.
At KLA we offer:
Musical Story time: Mondays (Nido’s -3’s) from 3:00-3:45PM
Musical Theater: Friday (Kinder-2nd Grande) from 3:00-3:45 PM
Piano: Tuesdays (Kinder- 2nd Grade) from 3:00-3:45PM
Art
When children are exposed to any artistic activity the brain is stimulated from sounds, movements, colors and sizes; neural connections increase and the brain is exercised and strengthened.
Both sides of the brain are stimulated during art processes. Engaging in art experiences increases the capacity of memory, attention and concentration. Reading skills are developed and children tend to perform better in math and science when they have been exposed to the arts. Children are also introduced to new vocabulary words and concepts. Creating art generates memories and images, which enriches the intellect.
At KLA we offer:
Art Classes: Tuesdays-Wednesdays and Thursdays (3’s and up) from 3:00-3:45PM.
Yoga: Wednesdays – Thursdays (3’s and up) from 3:00-3:45PM
Sports
The enhancement of physical and mental development of children is certainly the most important contribution of sports for children. Team sports offer more than just physical benefits for children who participate. Sports also support children emotionally and mentally, as well as social aspects of team sports that children will enjoy.
At KLA we offer:
Soccer: Tuesdays -Wednesdays (2’s- 4’s) From 3:00-3:45 PM
Karate: Tuesdays (3’s and up) From 3:00-3:45PM
Multisports: Thursdays (2’s) From 3:00-3:45 PM
Science
Children are thirsty for information and itching to explore the world!
For young learners, science is just an extension of their everyday world. We don’t have to teach young children how to wonder, discover, and explore through play because they do it naturally. The myth is that we have to convince children that science is fun.
Awesome Science: Thursdays (3’s- Up) From 3:00-3:45 or 3:50-4:35 (photo) – awesome science
Strategic Games
Chess grows dendrites in the brain, raises IQ, increases problem-solving skills and creativity, and improves spatial skills, memory and concentration. While playing chess, both sides of the brain are being exercised. Chess teaches planning and foresight.
Wednesday (4’s and up) from 3:00-3:45PM

Parenting Trainings
Every year we offer parenting trainings called Strengthening Families & Communities.
- Orientation and “The Building Blocks for Success”
- The Importance of Clear Instructions and Special Time to Promote Self-Esteem and Positive Behavior
- Understanding Children’s Individual Characteristics and Using an Attention Chart to Improve Behavior
- Using Praise to Promote Positive Behavior, Developing Social Supports, and Teaching Children Cultural Values
- Contributing Factors to Family and Community Violence. Using the Ignore/Praise Method and First/Then Statements to Reduce Disrespectful Behavior
- Ideal Community and Protective Environment
- Developing Empathy and Helping Children Identify and Express their Emotions. Using the Incentive Chart.
- Helping Ourselves and Our Children Manage Anger
- The Process of Confrontation as discipline method. Helping Children Learn Problem-Solving Skills and Using Logical Consequences
- Family Rule Discussions and Using Time Out as a Discipline Method
- Family Contracts and Managing Conflict
- The Pros and Cons of Spanking
- Graduation!
It is important to confirm your attendance each week
If you have any questions, please call us at (305) 243-8425.