四季藝術 | 課程特色

For students at Season Arts ESL Elementary School, every step in the learning progress serves as a process of self-actualization. In an environment full of sunshine and grass, children start to feel and care for the lives around them. At a campus full of artistic aestheticism, children begin to unleash their limitless creativity. Through an integration of art and English maker curriculum, children are able to dwell upon researching and exploring themes in a rich and interesting English language environment while creating projects in conjunction with their maker experience. Moreover, skills such as critical thinking and problem solving are being developed through the cross-area curriculum.

Interesting themes are designed according to children’s ages and abilities, and children are highly motivated in their learning through an extensive use of project-directed curriculum. With the guidance of staying-at-school artists, children can play with various tools and resources to perform different kinds of art creations to express their thoughts and satisfy their desire for making things. Collaborating with peers is also encouraged in the curriculum for them to make their imagination come true through constant brainstorming, making, and experimenting with different things. The precious experience of actually creating and making things opens up opportunities for children to unleash their limitless creativity and aestheticism.

In English maker curriculum, children are encouraged to think in English and to utilize the concept of design thinking to think critically and create interesting topics. These creative proposals are developed through collaboration and discussions of children’s own imaginative ideas. Moreover, English maker curriculum extends features of the art maker curriculum, including the researching spirit and knowledge of experimentation, and integrate them with English to construct children’s learning.

Creating their own projects will bring children vivid memories and wonderful experience, as well as long-lasting skills and confidence which they would acquire during the process. In situations where there are no standard answers, children will stumble upon knowledge and skills that cannot be taught in ordinary classrooms. At the same time, children are encouraged to ask questions and turn these questions into learning objectives for them to study and grow. As a result, children become men and women of action on campus with ability to solve problems on their own, and in the future, they will have a real opportunity to become the people who can change the world.