Watoto World of Wonder
Did you know that your words have power? Or that whatever you imagine, you can create? Join us for storytime and wordplay with Ms. Ashley and her wonderful Nguzo Babies friends! We’ll hear new stories about friendship and community at the magical treehouse castle and create stories of our own to share with our friends!
We will explore various folktales by bringing arts-infused learning to literacy. The scholars will sing, dance, and dramatize their way into mastering the academic and African-centered concepts needed to appreciate the culture that exists in their world.
This course, taught by Scholar Instructor Dr. Alecia Blackwood, focuses on reading readiness, phonics, fluency, and overall improvement. This exciting experience is an engaging and interactive adventure of learning through recitation, music, call and response, vocabulary, and activities with a strong discipline of Afrikan cultural excellence.
In this class, Dr. Blackwood will provide quality instruction for students reading at a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th-grade level. (Age 7-10) This 45-minute class will take place twice a week and will focus on one core reading strategy and vocabulary in each class. Students will learn and implement evidence-based reading comprehension strategies that allow them to comprehend texts in a deeper way. Often, we will also incorporate writing as an extension activity to that week’s skill.
This level introduces all the basics of abacus mechanics laying down the foundation for fluent addition, subtraction, composing, decomposing numbers, and mental math mastery. This class is full of fun and interactive games which engage and ignite joy, the love of math and learning. Once students become fluent with these skills, they are ready to bolster their mental math abilities to another level.
*Abacus Power Introductory Course Is a Requirement Before Advancing to Abacus Power Mastery Implementation Level.
*You Are Required to Purchase a Unique “Math Jr” Abacus that Is Specific to this Course Upon Entry. (Please note that this Is NOT a standard abacus with the beads)
This is where students begin their journey towards mental math strength. We jump right into simple formulas that help them ease through mental math calculations with no need for calculators nor fingers. Here, we also introduce algebraic thinking with number play so children can easily transfer what they learn in the Abacus Power Class to wherever their brilliance takes them.
*Abacus Power Introductory Course Is a Requirement Before Advancing to Abacus Power Mastery Implementation Level.
*You Are Required to Purchase a Unique “Math Jr” Abacus that Is Specific to this Course Upon Entry. (Please note that this Is NOT a standard abacus with the beads)