Special Services

Welcome Grade 1!

Objectives
Workshop activities are aimed at broadening and strengthening the skills needed by children entering first grade. During the first half of the year, the workshops conduct activities primarily to improve the child's basic abilities. During the second half of the year, children are given more complex tasks, which demand use of all the skills and proficiency that they garnered during the first half of the year.

About the activities…
Workshop sessions take place once a week in small groups of up to ten children, and comprise games and creative activity in a warm and supportive atmosphere.

Skills acquired in the workshops:

• Motor Movement:
  Gross motor skills - balance when seated and in movement
  Fine motor skills - pencil holding and dexterity exercises in graphics, cutting, pasting and more
  
  
• Cognitive and Language Skills:
  Memory, continuity of tasks, listening and concentration
  Improvement in verbal expression and understanding instructions
  Acquiring proper habits for work, planning and execution of tasks, development of thought processes and self-control
  
  
• Social Skills:
  Attention to rules and parameters
  Exercises in planning and implementing group tasks - dealing with cooperation and a sense of competitiveness, ability to take others into account during work, sharing tools and materials
  
  
• Emotional Skills:
  Dealing with stimulation and frustration

For further details and registration, you are invited to contact 972-3-9253696.
A nominal fee is charged for the workshops.

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