At Cranium Academy, our exclusive curriculum is designed to build cognitive and critical thinking skills while tapping into each child’s ultimate learning potential. Starting as early as preschool, and extending into our private elementary school, our unique combination of advanced learning and creative discovery builds confidence and a lifetime love of learning.
The Cranium Academy difference is a unique, revolutionary approach designed to liberate learning. Our preschool and elementary school curriculum soars beyond memorizing facts and figures to a higher goal of active critical thinking and creative problem solving.
We believe that there is a gap in traditional curriculum which focuses on memorizing, then moving on. At Cranium Academy, our curriculum goes beyond memorization to active thinking. Students move past ‘what,’ into ‘how’ and ‘why,’ developing lifelong learning advantages.
Cranium Academy curriculum is designed to help children acquire the knowledge they need to perform at an accelerated level in school, while encouraging and allowing them to discover how to apply that knowledge to the world around them.
Whether attending our Winter Garden – Windermere or East Orlando – Lake Nona location, our revolutionary teaching techniques give children the opportunity to experience key critical learning concepts, developing life-long learning advantages and a true love of learning!
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.
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 learning journeys throughout each day.
In addition to advanced reading and math, Cranium Academy 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:
Students not only learn about the weather, they become junior meteorologists who can predict the climate using 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 in prehistoric times. 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. 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 exciting music education program makes the study of music fun, fully engaging each child to stimulate retention and overall learning capacity. While even our youngest students begin to discover marvelous beats and rhythms, our CAPS students travel along interactive musical journeys exploring:
Cranium Academy uses base components of our core kindergarten through sixth grade writing program in our preschool to give even our youngest students a head start in fine motor skill development. This program links writing as a form of expression, while focusing on fun and achievement.
With our dynamic social studies program, Cranium Academy students discover the world around them, expanding their minds beyond the walls of their own home or school setting. As they are introduced to global connections and culture, children strengthen individual social development and identity. While even our youngest students are exposed to holidays and traditions around the world, our advanced CAPS curriculum supports the National Council for the Social Studies and state early-childhood standards as children 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 that gets them talking—and writing—about social studies in a whole new way!
Cranium Academy curriculum introduces languages such as Spanish 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 and positive discipline techniques throughout each day. Students benefit from:
Integrating physical activity with cognitive learning strengthens gross motor skills and confidence, and has been shown to benefit academic achievement. All Cranium Academy students benefit from various indoor and outdoor play opportunities each week. For our CAPS students, our physical education program incorporates more structured active play and sports each week in our gym and outdoor play areas, as well as a large outdoor playing field nearby. Laying a foundation for a healthy lifestyle that they will carry with them throughout their lives, our physical education program is designed to: