We encourage every child to explore their environment and express themselves using multiple mediums, which may include speaking, singing, drawing, painting, writing, building and designing, collage, dramatic, play and music.
The children have the opportunity to engage with concepts, ideas, and interests, which arise within the group. Both large and small group team work is considered valuable and necessary to advance cognitive development. Great attention is given to the look and feel of the classroom. The environment is considered the "third teacher".
As pre-schoolers gain more self-esteem, they feel ready to take on the world. Our Preschool program enhances that confidence by providing activities to help children become problem solvers and develop a love of lifelong learning.
Through independent exploration, structured activities, and hands-on learning, children develop a variety of skills and knowledge in areas like early literacy, mathematics, science, languages and social skills.
We guide your child in developing communication skills. We use a language-rich environment to encourage children’s development of early literacy skills through activities like daily read-aloud of high-quality children’s literature to promote a love of reading, journal experiences that give your child the ability to practice writing letters and words, and multiple opportunities to identify and use letters and words to expand their vocabulary and practice their developing abilities to communicate.
We help your child refine her motor skills. We use lacing cards, stencils, and writing activities to enhance fine-motor skills; strengthen coordination and gross-motor skills through running, jumping, and throwing activities, encourage healthful food choices for snacks and meals, and teach about the ways our bodies respond to the exercise and nutrition we take in.
We help your child gain higher-level thinking skills. We encourage the exploration of the physical properties of materials, use daily calendar activities to teach about sequence of events, patterns, and routines and support the learning of cognitive skills such as counting, making predictions, testing and drawing conclusions.
We coach your child in developing strong relationships. We model social concepts such as “please” and “thank you,” have daily classroom conversations and community-building discussions, explore similarities and differences between children, and encourage cooperation with other children.
We inspire your child to explore creative ideas and talents. We encourage children to express themselves through creative arts and provide daily opportunities for children to paint, move, and sing, tell stories with puppets, and build and play in dramatic scenes.
We develop real-time problem-solving skills. We support the application of knowledge in new ways. We encourage curiosity and choice, provide children the opportunity to problem-solve, demonstrate flexibility in thinking and use daily routines to promote memory.