Daily
activities include:
·
Circle Time (Weather, Calendar, Attendance, Group Discussions)
· Free Play
·
Centers
· Snack
· Learning Activity (Literacy, Math, Science, Social Studies)
· Art,
Music and Dramatic Play
·
Fine and Gross Motor Activities
· Outdoor
Play (weather permitting)
Toddler (2-3 years old)
Our Toddler Program is an introduction to school life. For many children, this is the first time
in a group setting away from their parents. We help children to feel safe, comfortable, and secure in their new environment.
The curriculum is balanced to encourage social interaction and include activities such as free play activities, toys and puzzles,
learning to share, dramatic play, and expanding their imagination with books. Children will be encouraged
to be creative and enjoy themselves while they are developing cognitively. Daily activities will help young children to build
confidence and independence, while developing important social skills and motor skills.
Nursery (3-4 years old)
Our Nursery curriculum will expose children to numbers, letters, colors
and shapes. Socialization skills are developed by providing the children opportunities to interact with peers.
Children will learn each other’s names, use manners, learn to share and take turns, and to ask for something that is
wanted. Children will increase their use of language and improve their listening skills through “Star of the Day”,
show and tell, fingerplays and songs, storytime, dramatic play, and circle time activities. Children will gain hands-on
learning experiences that will enhance their understanding. Your child will be afforded the opportunity to gain a sense
of self, discover, play with peers, and build confidence. Through exploration, experimentation and conversation, your child
will find answers about the world in which we live.
Pre-Kindergarten (4-5 years old)
Our Pre-Kindergarten curriculum is a Kindergarten readiness program. Social interaction
and play are balanced with teacher-directed activities. Basic skills are mastered with hands-on learning experiences, interactive
games, music and movement, and group activities. These basic skills include, but are not limited to, listening,
speaking effectively, following directions, motor coordination, colors, shapes, names, letters, opposites, and patterns. We
provide opportunities to engage children in their learning, which will allow children to construct their own meaning.
Children are encouraged to become independent through daily activities such as signing in upon arrival, putting away
classroom activities, and dressing themselves for outdoor play and dismissal. Children will enter Kindergarten
with better pre-reading skills, richer vocabularies, stronger basic math skills, and social skills necessary to begin their
next school experience.
Our curriculum will explore the following:
Socialization - all areas of learning encourage building positive self esteem and good relationships
with others (playing together, sharing, taking turns,
listening, and resolving conflict)
Free Play – children choose activity centers of interest to them (dramatic play, math and manipulatives,
sand and water, blocks and building, computer, library, listening, and blocks and building)
Literacy and Language - a print rich environment including letters,
poetry, rhyming, stories, games, and discussions; language
development increased through show and tell, fingerplays, songs, storytelling, puppetry, dramatic play, and circle time activities
Math - counting, calendar, numbers, shapes, blocks, patterns, sorting,
graphing, estimating, comparing, weight, measurement, and cooking
Science – apples, pumpkins, my body, five senses, life cycles, seasons,
weather, magnets, floating, sinking, health, and nutrition
Social Studies – self, holidays, family, community helpers, Native Americans,
and character education
Foreign Language – weekly Italian words and phrases, pronunciation, Italian
stories in the listening center, and culture
Music – incorporated throughout the day, songs, fingerplays, musical
games, and playing instruments
Art - experiences include paint, watercolors, fingerpaint, clay, drawing,
crayons, markers, cutting and pasting with emphasis on free expression and creativity
Crafts - to enhance a particular concept, develop a skill or reinforce
learning
Manipulatives - for fine motor development and cooperative play (games, puzzles,
beads, and lacing)
Outdoor play - for gross motor development and socialization (climb playground equipment, play, run, jump, ride tricycles, and sand play)
