Our Approach
Literacy And Mathematics Academy is committed to the fundamentals. The Academy was built on the belief that when we support students and create an environment that fosters their natural curiosities and is committed to ensuring social, intellectual and physical development their possibilities are endless. By enlightening you about the meaning behind our crest, we are showing you what we stand for, however, the best way to understand who we are is to have a conversation with us.
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Literacy begins with conversation.
We understand that literacy is essential to a child's development. We are committed to conversation as a primary aspect of our approach to literacy, because conversation is where children's literacy truly begins.
20 minutes of reading a day exposes children to 1.8 million words per school year.
Researchers agree that the average preschooler should hear 21,000 words per day.
Conversation is the vehicle of our curriculums. Engaging conversations with our students are essential for their language development skills, which provide the foundation of their learning. It is also the basis of our inquiry-based learning model, which includes listening, memory and speaking fundamentals.
A framework built on mathematics.
Originally referred to as a counting frame, the abacus emphasizes our commitment to mathematics and its principles as the framework for our curriculums. Children need to be able to navigate numbers; skip counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing are the survival skills every student needs to understand. We help students expand their minds and learn to rely on their brains for the answers before introducing technology.
The number one subject currently being tutored is mathematics.
By introducing mathematics early in a student's education, we are providing them with a competitive advantage for their academic careers.
From the beginning to the end.
Α & Ω — the Greek symbols for "the beginning" (Alpha) and "the end" (Omega) — are a nod to how we are starting this journey with your child at the beginning of their education and helping them build a foundation that will help them achieve their end goals.
No matter when you join the LAMA family, Preschool or Elementary, you are joining a connected community here to support you from the beginning to the end. Contact us today to start a conversation about how we can support your child's journey.
A symbol of triumph and partnership.
The Laurel Wreath has two connections to our mission. Firstly, it is a symbol of excellence, success and most importantly triumph. We are dedicated to helping our students reach their own versions of excellence and success, and triumph over obstacles. We help our students reach their goals on their terms, customizing the path each student takes to get there.
Secondly, the connectedness of the branches at the bottom of the wreath represents a partnership between us as the learning team, and you as parents. The branches are balanced on either side, and we mirror this in our curriculums, emphasizing how learning can happen before, during and after school.
