Preschool Aged Program

Objectives:

• To implement developmentally appropriate curriculum focused on the child's physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and creative self.
• To provide a child centered environment with activities designed to promote a child's self esteem and positive feeling towards learning.
• To give children the opportunity to make choices throughout the day and work together at centers or in small groups.
• To promote socialization skills which enable children to meet new friends and treat others kindly.
• To reinforce an awareness and pride in the cultural heritage of the individual children enrolled, as well as, our multicultural environment around us.
• To provide Field Trips which help expand the child's interest and understanding of the world around them.

Three year old preschool

Tuesdays/Thursdays 8:30am-11:30am
The main emphasis for the three year old program is on social development. Opportunities for the child's growth and development are provided to:

• Allow the children to feel positive and secure in an environment away from home.
• Assist the children in communication skills, relationships with others, and help them learn to engage in cooperative play.
• Introduce a developmentally appropriate variety of preschool skills such as counting numbers on to ten, shapes, colors, first name recognition, glue and scissor use.
• Allow the children to develop at their individual pace of learning.

Our program uses the following curriculums:

• Creative Curriculum ( academic-social development)
• 2nd Step Curriculum (social-emotional development)
• Hand Writing Without Tears

Miss Marilyn Olson leads our program for three year olds.  Miss Marilyn has been teaching preschool for over 15 years with a Child Development Associates Degree. Her desire to spark the love of learning in all the children make her classroom a fun and safe environment for the children to learn and grow.

Four year old preschool

Mondays-Thursdays 8:30am-11:30am
The main emphasis for the four year old preschool program is still on the value of social skills with the introduction of developmentally appropriate Kindergarten readiness skills. Opportunities for the child's growth and development are provided to:

• Continue the development of communication and social skills.
• Continue recognition of numbers one to ten, and introduce alphabet recognition.
• Practice individual and cooperative responsibility within the classroom and self-help skills; and the use of appropriate manners.
• Learn to work together, share with others, and live cooperatively in the world and Christian community.
• Foster and promote a positive attitude towards learning.
• Allow each child to develop at their individual pace of learning.

Our four year old program is led by three classroom teachers; Miss Michelle, Miss Eden and Miss Gina. Each of the teachers have degrees in Early Childhood Education with an emphasis in special education. The amount of experience and knowledge brought to their classrooms makes learning fun and rewarding. The teacher bring in many visitors into their classroom to help enrich the classroom environment.