Country Day School feels as though it is important to include a second language opportunity in our curriculum. The children excitedly await Mrs. Elizabeth’s arrival for their weekly Spanish class. When she was in just first grade, Mrs. Elizabeth moved to Venezuela where she found her love for Spanish that she shares with us. Mrs. Elizabeth always comes to school with many fun, theme-based activities that ignite an eagerness for learning Spanish in us all. Mrs. Elizabeth tailors her lessons to seasonal themes that make for a better understanding, being that they tie in with celebrations and real-life experiences that the children are exposed to in real time. Some of the topics Mrs. Elizabeth covers in class include letters, numbers, colors, seasons, days of the week, months of the year, traditional greetings, conversations, names of family members, and vocabulary words that align with the week’s theme. The children are given multi-sensory demonstrations that include visual, auditory, and kinesthetic activities to cater to all types of learners. Mrs. Elizabeth uses many tools to enrich her lessons including songs, chants, visuals, manipulatives, books, and toys. She does a fantastic job of adapting Spanish to each individual child’s level. Mrs. Elizabeth instills a love for Spanish in all of us at CDS! 

Country Day School includes music education in our curriculum because of its many benefits to children. Music rich environments help to strengthen the listening and verbal skills necessary for communication through spoken language. It is also beneficial in enhancing concentration skills, spatial-temporal skills, memory recall, pattern recognition skills, coordination, discipline, confidence, teamwork, stress relief, and emotional development. Ms. Suzanne is our lovely music teacher who is a professional flutist and piccolo soloist. Ms. Suzanne serves as Principle Flute at Opera Louisiane! As a Professor of Flute, she helped implement Southeastern University’s music therapy program for children with Autism. Ms. Suzanne visits us weekly to share her beautiful musical talents and to teach us all about instruments, sounds, rhythm, and harmony. We love to use our singing voices and to learn all sorts of fun songs that align with our weekly themes! 

Country Day School has a S.T.E.M. enrichment program called TechStars that visits our older classes twice a month. This program offers the children opportunities to explore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through numerous activities. Some of these activities include learning to use the computer by playing educational computer games, coding robots, using digital microscopes, making simple machines (gears, pulleys, axles & wheels), performing science experiments, exploring magnetism, making movies, and much more! These activities allow for a memorable, hands-on learning experience that sparks an excitement for learning early on that is sure to last a lifetime! 

Country Day School has an awesome literacy program with the Baton Rouge Library! Librarians come to visit us once a month to spark our imaginations with wonderful stories! We love to escape into a good book and go on adventures with all sorts of fun characters. We learn about the parts of a book, authors, illustrators, story sequence, plot, character traits, setting, predictions, and how to enhance our vocabulary. The librarians also share new books with us each month that our teachers can borrow  for our classroom libraries!