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The Early Childhood School program at Cayman International School applies a challenging and integrated play-based curriculum to provide students with a sound foundation for their future school experiences. The curriculum map of the Early Childhood School integrates the wisdom, guidance, and influences of the Cayman Islands Early Years Curriculum Framework, HighScope, and Common Ground Collaborative.
Learning is a process of growing, deepening, and sharing conceptual understanding, competencies, and character in lasting, impactful ways.
Our learners connect with the 3C’s using the Head, Hands, and Heart approach, encouraging holistic development from the start.
Explore Our Early Childhood Program
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Small Classes, Big Impact
Small class sizes and high teacher-to-student ratio allow staff to truly know and support the children we serve -- their needs, their passions and their developing capabilities. Our teachers work collaboratively to provide a smooth transition into formal schooling, providing the warm welcome that will carry children through their school life.
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Where Imagination Meets Education
The Play-Based Learning approach at CIS uses play as the primary method for children to explore, discover, and understand the world around them. CIS encourages creativity, imagination, and social interaction while developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Through playful activities, children naturally build language, motor, and cognitive abilities in a joyful and engaging environment.
This approach respects each child's pace and interests, fostering a love for learning that supports their overall development and well-being.
Observing to Understand
In our program, teachers support children in play by observing their interests, strengths, and needs to understand how each child learns best. They use thoughtful questioning to encourage deeper thinking and language development without interrupting the flow of play. By creating a curated environment filled with diverse materials and open-ended resources, CIS teachers inspire exploration and creativity.
Additionally, they provide individualized support by scaffolding learning moments, adapting activities, and offering guidance tailored to each child's unique developmental stage, ensuring play remains meaningful and enriching.
A Day In the Life of an Early Childhood Student
Skills for Today, Passions for Tomorrow
In Early Childhood, students receive instruction in different specialist classes including Music & Movement, Library, Swimming, Perceptual Motor, and Spanish. Exposure to many different specialist classes provides students with the opportunity to develop understanding and valuable skills in a variety of areas of potential future interest.
Sparking Curiosity
The Early Childhood program applies a challenging and integrated play-based curriculum to provide our youngest learners with a solid foundation for their future school experiences. Our teachers curate classroom environments filled with diverse materials and open-ended resources, to inspire inspiration and creativity. Additionally they proved individualized support to scaffold learning moments, adapt activities, and offer guidance that is tailored to each child's unique developmental stage.