Features of Education

Bilingual, Bicultural Children, Co-Teaching, Differentiated Instruction, and Social Skills

The benefits of a KinStar bilingual education are clear:

• Students develop higher order thinking skills
• Students gain greater intellectual flexibility
• Students gain cultural flexibility
• Students’ bilingual skills offer tremendous education and career options in the future

In co-teaching two teachers provide instruction to the same group of students as collaborative partners. They jointly plan and implement curriculum.

Benefits of co-teaching at KinStar include:

• The intensity of the teaching and learning experience is increased.
• The bilingual, bicultural theme is cemented.
• Professional support. Teachers are not working in isolation.

Differentiated Instruction at KinStar. Children learn through different ‘channels’ of experience. A learning styles approach allows teachers to address the strengths of each child while maintaining a high level of academics. Learning styles include:

• Kinesthetic: The child who learns predominantly through movement.
• Tactile: The child who learns predominantly through touch.
• Audio: The child who learns predominantly through listening.
• Visual: The child who learns predominantly through sight.

Social Skills at KinStar. Socialization is the child's ability to relate positively to people in society in a manner appropriate to his or her age. The challenge is to give our children tools that lend power over their emotions to help them make good choices about their behavior.