Building Block Commons Preschool through 8th Grade
Social Thinking
Hands-on play
Outdoor time
Learning Goals: Love of learning, humor, social/emotional development, cognitive approaches to learning, physical & sensory development
Orton Gillingham literacy curriculum
Eureka Math curriculum
Tools of the Mind
Social Thinking
Outdoor time
Learning Goals: Love of learning, humor, self regulation, working memory, dramatic play and cooperation
Project Based Learning
Visible Thinking Routines
Emergent Curriculum
Eureka Math curriculum
Learning Goals: Love of learning, humor, collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creative innovation, and confidence
Building Block Commons
Building Block Commons is a preschool through Middle School for children ages 2 years 9 months through 8th grade. Our qualified teachers embrace the physical, emotional, and social growth of each individual child.
Kindergarten and First Grade are propelled by a creative and hands on version of the Tools of the Mind curriculum, the Orton Gillingham curriculum and the Eureka math curriculum. These, along with our social thinking curriculum and outdoor education are known to build exceptional executive function, math and literacy skills. In the preschool, Science, Engineering, and Mathematics are the "S.E.A.M" that binds the students’ exploration of multiple academic pathways.
Our 2nd-8th grade school staff uses the Buck Institute PBL Works gold standard of Project Based Learning that is grounded in the the 6 Cs with a wide breadth of academic understanding.
Arts and Mathematics are the "S.E.A.M" that binds the students’ exploration of multiple academic pathways. In all grades, Building Block excels at attending to the academic and social needs of the whole child.
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Pandemic makes finding spots for kids scarce Concord Monitor, December 29, 2021
N.H.'s Private Schools See Uptick In Interest During Pandemic NHPR, August 31, 2020
Going outside at Exeter’s Building Block School Portsmouth Herald, February 7, 2019
Meet Wren Hayes of Building Block Commons Boston Voyager, April 3, 2018
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