Circle Time
This
is where your child starts their day through meaningful experiences
like storytelling, singing songs, show and tell and matching games.
Children learn to express their ideas, associate the written word with
the spoken word and discover their world independently.
Art
Children
experience art through the freedom of touching, feeling, pulling,
twisting, tearing, pasting, bending, scraping, cutting, pounding,
shaping, and so much more. They are developing a feel for forms,
balance, line, color, and shape as well as gaining practice in problem
solving. They are learning about various relationships, sharpening
their powers of observation, and beginning the process of logical
thinking, and developing motor skills. Art is a hands-on activity for
your child.
Music
Music
activities give children opportunities to use their entire bodies for
learning and exploring their surroundings, build awareness by listening
to the many kinds of sounds, and help children experience the release
and freedom of body movement. Children will be encouraged to test their
vocal and kinesthetic abilities and to have fun while they are
experimenting. We emphasize the enjoyment of participation.
Blocks
This
is an area where children can stack and count blocks to help them learn
measurement, size, weight and number concepts. They also build
hand-to-eye coordination, and develop control of their wrists, hands and
fingers. They will develop problem-solving skills through trial and
error. If a block structure falls, your child might try it a different
way until satisfied with the results.
Dramatic Play
We
have dress-up clothes, props and child-sized furniture that invite
children to make believe. They try new careers, learn to share, make
friends and express different emotions. Children also learn life skills
like turning knobs on and off or buttoning and zipping clothes.
Math
Children
learn sorting and counting skills, putting materials in order and
patterning. Math is a way of finding things out, a way of problem
solving. Through manipulating small materials, children will also begin
to understand basic concepts such as big/little, large/small, same and
different.
Science
Children
have the opportunity to have hands-on, real-life activities that
encourage a sense of discovery. The activities include caring for
classroom pets, age-appropriate experiments, using magnets, magnifiers,
sand and water tables.