Children enjoy projects that take more than one class to finish. They enjoy being together speaking Russian with each other. 

In a small class environment of 4 - 5 children, children enjoy upgrading their math skills or catching up! Catching up fills in the gaps that are difficult for the child. Working the skills gives them confidence in themselves so they can move forward with their skills. 

Russian language and Speech Development classes of only 4-5 students gives the opportunity for the child to fill in their language gaps based on grade level. Following are skills we work on.

1. Correct group communication (ability to listen to others, take turns speaking, ask questions and wait for answers).
2. Participation in discussions (ability to listen to others' ideas and ask meaningful questions).
3. Ability to tell short stories in one’s own words (about personal experiences or topics of interest).
4. Use of object names and their characteristics during classification in speech.
5. Speech etiquette.
6. Reading children’s literature on various topics.
7. Active participation in discussions of read texts (asking questions, proposing ideas, predicting events).
8. Listening to, repeating, memorizing, and acting out children’s literary works.
9. Learning and performing children’s songs and poems.
10. Relating the themes and information from books to personal experience.
11. Recognizing rhythm and rhyme in poetry.
12. Knowledge and active use of adjectives in speech.
13. Creating group stories.
14. Ability to organize events in chronological order when composing a story.
15. Ability to ask appropriate questions to gather needed information.
16. Learning printed letters (visual recognition).
17. Learning sounds (auditory recognition, identification, and use).
18. Introduction to writing (ability to write necessary printed letters).
19. Correlation between letters and sounds.
20. Combining letters into syllables.
21. Beginning to read syllabically.
22. Learning synonyms and antonyms.

Cheers to those children who speak both Russian and English! 

It is critical for all children to learn the basic math skills. At times, children often miss the skills and they need additional tutoring beyond school. 

Below are the math skills that we teach:

1. Learning numbers (within 10 and 20).
2. Correct use of number names in speech.
3. Correctly matching quantity to corresponding numeral.
4. Introduction to the number line.
5. Learning ordinal numbers and ordering.
6. Use of ordinal numbers in speech.
7. Solving simple problems using objects and the number line.
8. Comparing quantities.
9. Understanding whole, half, and part.
10. Learning about coins (concept of money).
11. Classifying objects by one or multiple attributes (size, shape, color, texture).
12. Recognizing, describing, continuing, and comparing patterns.
13. Learning geometric shapes.
14. Matching and comparing objects to geometric shapes.
15. Learning and determining distance, motion, size, and object location.
16. Using correct comparative words (more, less, longer, shorter, faster, slower, wider, narrower, thicker, thinner, deeper, shallower, lighter, heavier, equal).
17. Understanding approximate quantities.
18. Using non-standard units to measure length, weight, and quantity.
19. Introduction to charts and graphs.
20. Learning about clocks and time.
21. Ability to draw conclusions based on collected data.

Cheers to those children who speak Russian and learn Russian math skills! Of course, a child should learn all the above skills. Math skills are universal.

Children enjoy learning about the Russian culture and the World Around Us. Below are major focuses of the class:

1. Ability to ask and seek answers about objects and events around us.
2. Making predictions about material/object changes based on prior experience.
3. Identifying and properly using simple tools for experiments and observation.
4. Recording observations (drawings, tables).
5. Comparing natural materials (rocks, water, soil, living organisms).
6. What is air?
7. Studying and observing the weather.
8. Learning about sunlight and shadows.
9. Concept of time — day and night.
10. Learning about seasons and months.
11. Introduction to living and non-living nature.
12. Learning about plants, insects, and animals — what living things need to survive.
13. Environmental protection.
14. Introduction to fossils and dinosaurs.
15. Learning about gravity and balance.
16. Understanding time and how objects change (past, present, future).
17. Building vocabulary and understanding of location and movement.
18. Character development and positive behavior.
19. Learning about the 5 senses (touch, smell, sight, taste, hearing).
20. Studying the human body.
21. Emotions and emotional regulation.
22. Development of gross and fine motor skills.
23. Learning about personal hygiene.
24. Introduction to medical professionals (pediatrician, dentist).
25. Introduction to healthy eating.
26. Understanding action and consequence.
27. Introduction to safety rules.
28. Developing independence.
29. Concept of family.
30. Learning about professions.
31. Introduction to basic economic concepts (production, sale, purchase, consumption).
32. Introduction to American and Russian holidays.
33. Exposure to music, songs, dance, and musical instruments.
34. Study of topics such as: planets, countries, cities, villages, farms, transportation, household items and furniture, post office, store, vegetables, fruits, berries, plants, animals.