Briya students complete successful Reading Challenge Can you imagine spending over 1750 hours (73 days) reading? What about reading almost 1,300 books in 4 weeks? Briya students did just that in the past month during their Reading Challenge! From April 8 to May 8, all students in Briya’s Basic and Intermediate family literacy classes read […]
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Good night and Sweet Dreamzzz: Briya students learn about sleep Following his teacher’s lead, Samuel gently places his teddy bear in its cardboard bed, tucks the yellow blanket under its chin and whispers, “Good night.” Samuel and his fellow Briya prekindergarten students were practicing bedtime routines as part of sleep education training provided by Sweet […]
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Studies provide pre-kindergarten students with in-depth learning Pre-K classes at each of Briya’s three sites have been busy this winter doing studies on boxes, buildings, and clothing. Studies in pre-K classrooms last from six to ten weeks and allow preschoolers to dig deep into a particular topic. Boxes study at Bancroft site Pre-K students at […]
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Briya pre-K program adapts to better serve students The preschool program at Briya’s Ontario Road location has been expanded and improved for this school year. Instead of having one large preschool class, as the site did previously, preschoolers are now divided into two slightly smaller classes. This enables Briya to serve more students, and the […]
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Pre-K students learn through gardening This fall, preschoolers at Briya’s Ontario Road site have been learning in the garden! Children heard about how bulbs grow and looked at the different sizes of crocus, tulip, and daffodil bulbs before planting and watering them. In the spring, the children will get to see the bulbs they planted […]
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