Clarke School - New York

Through stimulating classes, children with hearing loss learn about themselves as they experience the ever-changing world around them. Our curricula enhances children's listening, speech and language skills while fostering their social, emotional, cognitive, physical and creative development. Preschool and kindergarten teachers at Clarke School - New York fuels children's minds with ideas and concepts through creative problem solving, discovery, exploration, reasoning, and hands-on activities.

• Children come to Clarke School - New York five days a week to learn together in small class sizes.
• Classrooms are designed for the unique acoustical needs of children with hearing loss and feature wall-to-wall carpeting, acoustic ceiling tiles, wall coverings, and ceiling-mounted soundfield FM systems.
• In addition to their classroom experiences, children have speech and language therapy each day provided by a speech-language pathologist.
• Thematic units include math, prereading, writing, science, dramatic play, free choice, music and art, and gross motor activities; theme-based vocabulary used throughout the children's school day and carried over into the home provide an intensive approach to acquiring and using new words. Specialized activities address the individual needs of every child and family.