(birth to 12 months)  

• Visual Stimulation: bright colors, interesting shapes to observe

• Social Interaction: playing and sharing with other children

• Motor Skills and Muscle Development: building with blocks, shape sorting, catching and throwing

• Language Development: interaction with teachers and other children

• Exploring their Senses: touch, smell, taste, and hearing

• Trust in Adults: relationships with caregivers

 

 

 

 

(12 months to 2 1/2 years)

We have two separate Toddler Rooms, Young Toddlers (age 12-18 months) and Older Toddlers (age 18 months - 30 months)

• Social Interaction: playing and sharing with other children

• Gaining Independence: teaching and allowing children to do things on their own, with help if needed

• Learn to Explore and Experiment: discovering things in their environment and thinking about how they work

• Learn to Deal with Emotions and Frustration ­ hitting, biting, and throwing

• Learn Colors: match and sort

• Fine Motor Skills: puzzles and blocks

 

 

 

 

(2 1/2 years to 3 years)

•  Alphabet: learning and recognizing letters

• Understanding Quantity: 1 block, 2 dolls

• Exploring Senses: tasting, feeling, smelling, and hearing sounds in their environment

• Language Development: understanding the most simple sentences spoken to them, learning to speak in three to five word sentences and carrying on simple conversations.

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(3 years to 6 years)

We have two separate pre-school classrooms, our Pre-School Three's Classroom, and our Pre-K Four's and Five's..... We mirror the kindergarten classroom!

• Colors and Shapes: recognizing and naming primary colors, recognizing basic shapes

• Numbers: recognizing 0 to 10, using numerals 0 to 10 in counting, comparing quantities to determine more or less, identifying pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters

• Language: ­experimenting with writing independently, pretending to read, listening and responding to literature being read, recognizing letters, recognizing first and last names, following simple directions

• Concepts: understanding big and little, long and short, up and down, in and out, hot and cold, night and day

• Motor Skills: able to run and jump, throw a ball, clap hands, build with blocks, complete simple puzzles, draw and color

• Social Emotional Development: knowing home address and phone number, playing and sharing with other children, putting toys away and helping with chores, able to work independently

• The program includes: Reading, Writing, Math, Science, Computers, Health, Physical Education, & Art