iUnique Curriculum - HI

HI – HUMAN INTELLIGENCE

In the age of AI, your child must develop uniquely human talents and traits not easily replaceable by robots to allow them to stand out from the crowd. Human intelligence is the cognitive quality that provides the capacity to learn from experience, adapt to changes and new situations, manage complex concepts, and use knowledge to influence one’s environment.

At ChildFirst, we provide a supportive and growth-promoting environment for your child to cultivate these life skills through our Human Intelligence (HI) Curriculum and practise them before he/she performs in real life situations. Our HI curriculum includes:

Executive Functioning & Emotional Quotient

Executive Functioning and Emotional Quotient

18 MONTHS – 3 YEARS OLD

It is especially important to nurture the uniquely human aspects of your child.

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT & SENSORY STIMULATION

At ChildFirst, our special Sensory Experiences Programme (SEP) and Toddler Gym Programme ensure that our Pre-Nursery and Nursery 1 children receive abundant sensory stimulations for optimal brain development. Your child’s brain is developing at the fastest rate during these early years. The more stimulation your child receives at this stage, the more neural pathways and connections are established in his or her brain. Brain stimulation is derived from the five senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, as well as experiences involving movement, balance and body awareness.

SOCIAL SKILLS

ChildFirst works with you to prepare for the first day of school. Separation anxiety is understandable, and we will share tips to ensure that your child settles down in school well. At ChildFirst, your child will learn important social skills including making friends, expressing and regulating emotions, taking turns, working through conflicts, developing empathy, deciding between right and wrong, and learning how to persevere through difficult tasks.

PRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS

When your child is independent, he or she becomes more confident. Self-help skills such as putting on and taking off shoes and clothes, self-feeding, taking responsibility for their belongings, and being in charge of classroom duties, help children build confidence and start on their road to self-sufficiency.

GOOD HABITS

Habits, once formed, are often difficult to change. Therefore, it is important to cultivate good habits early. Correct posture, brushing teeth, eating a balanced meal, good manners and care for our environment are just some of the good habits that ChildFirst believes in cultivating.

OUR CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAMME

This programme introduces your child to important values and social skills through simple songs and stories that are easy to understand and relate to. It addresses themes such as friendship, emotional regulation, sharing, coflict resolution, empathy, good decisions, and perseverance.

4 – 6 YEARS OLD

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING (EF)

  • Executive Function Skills

Executive Function Skills

Executive Function (EF) skills are cognitive processes that will enable your child to manage many aspects of his or her life, even beyond school. Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child terms EF as the “brain’s air tra c control system”! EF has been known to be a better predictor than even traditional IQ tests and is key to academic and social-emotional development.

Our 4-year-old children will develop EF skills through games and lessons that will teach them how to react under new and stressful conditions, maintain focus amidst distractions, learn to manage changes, and make smart decisions in critical situations.

Additionally, we use an award-winning research-based assessment tool to provide a direct behavioural measure of our 5-year-old children’s EF skills through a short and engaging digital game. Measuring your children’s EF skills can give you and our teachers additional insight to improve and track your children’s EF abilities year by year.

EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT (EQ)

Executive Function (EF) and Emotional Quotient (EQ) are closely tied together and therefore, a sound Human Intelligence Curriculum cannot be complete without one or the other. EQ is the ability to understand and control one’s own emotions in healthy ways in order to reduce stress, communicate effectively, sympathise with others, overcome problems and conflict. EQ also helps your child to develop prosocial behaviour and form stronger connections in life.

  • Emotional Quotient

4 – 6 YEARS OLD

PERSONALITY PROFILING & GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

Our Personality Profiling Programme helps your children develop self-monitoring skill, which is also an EF, as well as self-awareness. Your children will recognise that every individual is unique and that there are always positive sides to one’s character that should be cherished but also things to be mindful of. Your children will reflect and be aware of their response to:

  • Tasks
  • People
  • Authority
  • Knowledge, and
  • Stress

In addition, your children will be aware of the wider world and learn that they are interconnected with others, and in the process, they will learn to nurture respect for self and respect for others. More importantly, your children will learn to embrace their own unique personality and learn strategies to cope in difficult situations.

GROWTH MINDSET

Our HI curriculum also teaches your child to self-reflect, view mistakes and failures as part of learning, and embrace challenges. Your child will develop the all-important growth mindset by developing a positive outlook and an enjoyment for learning new things, and face challenges with determination and perseverance to succeed in life.

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