Menu

Little Red Schoolhouse

1

Little Red Schoolhouse

High School

Lower School teachers have been thinking together about the goals we set for social studies, in particular the conceptual goals that underlie our projects, trips and written tasks. As much as in literacy or math, we design a program to reflect students’ developmental orientation. We meet them where they are, tapping into their interests and curiosity within the framework of their realm of understanding. For example, we know that the younger child learns through concrete, personal experience – a trip or interview is a springboard for extended learning as your child reflects, questions, draws and writes about an exciting experience, turning it into new and deeper understanding. As the student matures and her worldview broadens, she extracts more and more information from books and symbolic communication, linking this to direct, interactive experience. Eventually, around Third Grade, students are ready to leave what we call the ”here and now” and enter the world of “long ago and far away;” to study those things that cannot be visited directly, tasted or touched. Thanks to the experiential foundation of their earlier years, eight and nine year olds are prepared to appreciate the flow and evolution of history and to conceptualize a timeline leading from then to now.

2

Joffrey Ballet School

Dance Schools
3

Librería Lectorum

Bookstores+
4

Christian Dior

Clothing
5

D'agostino Supermarkets

Supermarket+
1

Townsend Harris

High School
2

WRA Properties, Inc.

Real Estate Agencies
3

Queens College

Colleges & Universities
4

Thomasville of Bayside

Furniture
5

Nissan of Queens

Car Dealers
6

SSNT Real Estate

Real Estate Agencies
1

The Brooklyn School of Real Estate

Training+
2

Brooklyn Friends School

High School
3

Brooklyn Friends School

Middle School
4

Clara Barton High School

High School
5

Prospect Park Zoo

Museums and Culture
6

Prospect Park Zoo

Tours
1

New York Botanical Garden

Attractions
2

College of Mount Saint Vincent

Colleges & Universities
3

Yankee Stadium

Attractions
4

Eddie Torres Dance Studio

Dance Schools
5

Cox Nissan

Car Dealers
6

Van Cortlandt Park Ice Skating Rink

Attractions
1

Orsini Dinettes

Furniture
2

Susan E. Wagner High School

High School
3

Hair Essentials Salon

Beauty Salons
4

Kayak Staten Island

Attractions
5

SI Waterfront Festival

Events
6

Denino's Pizzeria & Tavern

Restaurants $$