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Infants

Cradles Learning Centre, situated on the beautiful island of St. Kitts, exclusively offers its educational programs in English. However, we proudly welcome and accommodate children from any language background. Our inclusive environment ensures that all children, regardless of their primary language, receive a warm, supportive educational experience that fosters both language development and cultural diversity.

At Cradles Learning Centre, we place immense value on cooperative play, recognizing its vital role in both learning and social development. We understand that cooperative play is a skill to be nurtured, alongside being a natural social instinct. Our approach is centered on leading by example; our dedicated nursery teachers and educators actively model cooperative play behaviors. By demonstrating how to take turns, interact gently, and communicate kindly, we provide children with clear, positive examples to emulate. This method of positive reinforcement gradually instills these behaviors in our young learners. As a result, we observe that cooperative play becomes a natural tool for diffusing social tensions, enhancing the overall learning and social environment at Cradles Learning Centre.

At Cradles Learning Centre, we accommodate early drop-offs for your convenience. You are welcome to bring your child to our school as early as 7:00 am, which is 90 minutes prior to the start of the school day. For safety and assurance, we request that you park on the street and personally walk your child into our facility. This ensures a smooth and secure transition into their day with us. Read more about our Drop Off and Pick Up Procedures at Cradles Learning Centre

Toddlers

At Cradles Learning Centre, our afternoon pick-up process ensures child safety through a designated time window, allowing only pre-authorized individuals to collect children after signing them out. Staff members personally oversee each child’s handover, and we ask parents to notify us of any pick-up delays or changes. Parents are encouraged to park in designated areas for safety and can expect brief daily updates on their child at pick-up.

Uniforms at Cradles Learning Centre comprise khaki bottoms paired with a green dress shirt. Detailed information about purchasing these items will be provided to parents during the enrollment process for admitted students.

Cradles Learning Centre is equipped with a dedicated sick bay, where children who are ill or in need of special attention are carefully monitored by our staff. In any instance of a health concern or emergency, parents are promptly notified to ensure they are fully informed about their child’s wellbeing.

Preschool

We use fun, research-based, multi-sensory strategies to help children develop early learning skills, including Lively Letters, Open Court for phonics and literacy, Handwriting Without Tears, and Everyday Math. We use Responsive Classroom as the basis for our social and emotional learning curriculum throughout the school.
It is strongly encouraged that all children starting in Preschool, except for those entering the Toddler program, be potty-trained. However, it is not required.
At Skole, only children who stay for Creative Afternoons will have a rest period after lunch. At the Elementary School, Kindergarten students have a rest time after lunch, which often includes a read aloud story time.

Parents can access information instantly about their child(ren)’s classroom activities, schedule, and plans through our Skole Portal, which also provides access to family contact information and is where parents can update emergency contacts or the list of individuals allowed to pick up their child(ren). In addition to class specific information, all school events, notices, weekly newsletters from classroom teachers, monthly newsletters from specials teachers, Parent Association news and minutes, directory listings, school calendars, and photos live on the secure Parent Portal. In the higher grades at the Elementary School, parents can also see students’ homework assignments and test dates on the Parent Portal. In addition, we host numerous informational events for families throughout the year and send out Schoolroom Notes, our bi-annual all school newsletter, and our annual report.