Cranium Academy Preparatory School (CAPS) is a completely unique private elementary school designed for advanced and talented students, offering state-of-the-art, technology-based learning skillfully balanced with hands-on exploration in reading, writing, mathematics, science, social studies, art, foreign languages, and more.
As a Cranium Academy elementary student, your child will benefit from:
Traditional school curriculum is centered around teaching all children in a class the same skills. Cranium Academy was founded to solve this problem. We test and monitor students throughout the year while providing a custom learning path for each child that is integrated into their reading and math curriculum throughout each day.
In addition to gifted level reading and math, CAPS offers our exclusive Cranium Explorers program featuring Montessori type critical thinking lesson plans that cover the four scientific domains: life, earth, physical and process science. Through Cranium Explorers, children build creativity, focus, communication, confidence, critical thinking and cognitive skills while exploring topics such as:
Utilizing revolutionary teaching techniques, our students not only learn about the weather, they become junior meteorologists who can predict the climate based off of their critical thinking skills. They don’t just learn about dinosaurs, they become young paleontologists embarking on journeys through time to explore what life was like when they existed. At Cranium Academy, students go beyond ‘what’ to explore ‘how’ and ‘why,’ discovering a true love of learning along the way.
Cranium Academy recognizes the importance of art as a language, and an important form of self expression. Our teachers utilize two core art programs, along with art integration within other programs such as science, social studies and reading. CAPS art highlights include:
At Cranium Academy, we value music as a powerful learning tool which helps children develop into well-rounded individuals, enhances communication and cognitive skills, and expands abilities in other academic areas. Our cutting-edge, standards-based music education program makes the study of music fun, fully engaging each child to stimulate retention and overall learning capacity. From beats and rhythms to Bach and Mozart, our CAPS students travel along marvelous interactive musical journeys, even creating original song compositions along the way, as they explore:
CAPS also has a core kindergarten through sixth grade writing program. This program links writing as a form of expression, while focusing on fun and achievement. Writing skills build up over time to include, words, sentences, paragraphs and cursive (depending on grade or skill level). This program also includes online classroom smartboard and laptop computer integration.
With our dynamic social studies program, CAPS students discover the world around them, expanding their minds beyond the walls of their own home or school setting. While introduced to global connections and culture, children strengthen individual social development and identity. Our advanced curriculum, supporting the National Council for the Social Studies and state early-childhood standards, utilizes engaging hands-on and digital experiences to explore concepts such as:
Starting as early as 1st grade, we introduce innovative technology to make reading and learning about social studies more social. Our Book Blog program engages CAPS students in meaningful conversations through online blogging and in-person discussion groups to get them talking—and writing—about social studies in a whole new way!
Cranium Academy curriculum introduces languages such as Spanish, Chinese, and American Sign Language (ASL) while taking children on virtual journeys throughout the world. They learn about famous places and how children use language to live, learn, and play within various cultures.
Cranium Character, our exclusive ongoing character education program, integrates character education, leadership, and positive discipline techniques throughout each day. CAPS students will benefit from:
Integrating physical activity with cognitive learning strengthens gross motor skills and confidence, and has been shown to benefit academic achievement. For our CAPS students, our physical education program incorporates structured active play and sports each week in our gym and outdoor play areas, as well as a large outdoor playing field nearby. Students learn the importance of teamwork and discipline as they discover new games and rules together. Laying a foundation for a healthy lifestyle that they will carry with them throughout their lives, our physical education program is designed to:
The best way to see what we do is to come see for yourself. We believe you will clearly see what makes Cranium Academy so special! Please contact us to schedule a tour of either our Winter Garden – Windermere or East Orlando (near Lake Nona) locations today.
