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Infants and Toddler program (9-30
months)
This class is designed to meet the individual needs of our youngest children.
With a 1:4 ratio in a warm, loving, nurturing environment, these little ones
experience a predictable routine in a language-rich program. Their room is
designed with open-ended play areas that promote social, physical, emotional,
cognitive and spiritual development.
Two and one-half year old program
The two and one-half to three-year-old child thrives in the loving and warm
atmosphere of this class. Predictable routines, language-building
group times, and learning centers that encourage experimentation
combine to create individual successes to promote confidence and
self-esteem. Many opportunities for building, hands-on discovery,
turn-taking, dramatic play, building trust and developing self-help
skills abound. This class has a 1:5 ratio with a lead teacher and two
assistants. This class is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Three year old program (3-4 year olds)
The three to four-year-old child blossoms and grows in our
open-ended, experience oriented class. This class promotes the
development of oral language, self-help skills, and turn-taking. Each day
provides time for the joy of creative expression with hands-on
art using many different mediums. Gross and fine motor skills which lead
to emergent writing, are emphasized. This literacy-rich program builds
alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness. It is designed to
provide children with multiple opportunities for success as they make
discoveries about their world. The three-year-old program has a ratio
of 1:6 with a lead teacher and two assistants. This class is held
either Tuesdays and Thursdays or Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Prekindergarten program (MWF or TuTh 4-5 year olds)
These language-rich classes promote Kindergarten readiness. Our four to five
year olds flourish with a hands-on play curriculum set up to emphasize emergent
literacy and writing, alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness. Each day
provides time for the joy of creative expression using art activities which
utilize many different media and jointly encourages the growth of gross and
fine motor muscles. Children experiment with basic math concepts such as
sorting, graphing, quantifying, patterning, and predicting. With an atmosphere
that encourages experimenting and problem-solving, this class allows children to
explore and discover their world. They develop self-help and socialization
skills, decision making abilities and become confident learners. There is a 1:7
ratio with a lead teacher and two assistants. These classes are held Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
Prekindergarten Plus (MTWTh or M-am, W-all
day, & F-am 4-5 year olds)
This class is designed for the older pre-schooler who will be
five years old before January 1 of the school year, and who is
developmentally ready to experience more structure than is found in
our three-day-a-week pre-kindergarten program. This class also
emphasizes emergent literacy, writing, alphabet recognition, and
phonemic awareness through activities that involve the whole child.
Basic math concepts and number recognition are taught with a hands-on
approach. Children have many opportunities to experiment, predict, and
problem solve. The open-ended approach, in addition to teacher direction
at this age level, stimulates creativity in many ways, especially through
art and science. Some
special Pre-K plus activities are the classroom Circus Production, the
Letter of the Week, Special Person of the Week, and "Let's Find
Out". Children are teacher recommended for Pre-K Plus. This class
has a 1:7 ratio with a lead teacher and two assistants. It is held Mondays through
Thursday morning, Wednesday morning and afternoon, and Friday morning each week
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Art & Science Class (3-5 Year olds):
This class is specifically designed to focus on elements of art (such as color,
texture, line and form) and on experiences in science. Children will have
opportunities each day to be curious, to predict, to express, to experiment, to
create, to observe and to document as they make discoveries in the area of both
art and science. The Art and Science class is held on Friday mornings or afternoons. It can stand alone or be combined with a TTH class or MTWTh PreK Plus
class.
Lunch N' Fun program
Our afternoon program was created to accommodate the need for a safe
and fun extension to the preschool morning. Lunch 'N Fun hours are from
12:00 to 3:00 P.M. by reservation. The children bring a lunch from home
and we provide the milk and the fun! Ask about our three Lunch 'N Fun
programs for two and one-half, three, four and five year olds and Pre-K
Plus. Lunch N' Fun has a maximum ratio of 1:10.
Enrichment Class (4-5 year olds)
Created to specifically focus on phonics, the curriculum for
this literacy rich class revolves around: phonemic awareness, pre-reading,
pre-writing, language, music and hands on art. The smaller size of this class
allows for a more individual attention and a ratio of 1:5 is maintained with a
lead teacher and two assistants. The enrichment class is held one afternoon a
week.
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