Our Preschool Curriculum

In all of our preschool classrooms, sensory experience and learning is encouraged through a water table, the sand boxes, finger painting, and many other media. We believe that such activity stimulates various parts of the brain and prepares it for further cognitive development.

About Toddler Teddy Bears
The Teddy Bears is our toddler program serving our youngest children aged 15 months through 2 years 9 months. In this program, teachers focus on communication skills and language development as the groundwork for social growth. We feel it is important for children to learn to understand their feelings and personal needs, and to talk about them in some way. We believe that even before children are communicating verbally, they are sensing attitudes and feeling emotions that they want to understand. Listening to and acknowledging the feelings of young children contributes to their emotional development. Language use and development is integrated into all aspects of the program including cleanup, toileting and meals.

About Curious Kittens
The Curious Kittens is our young Preschool group serving 3's and young 4's.The primary focus of this classroom is the development of social awareness and friendship. The three teachers in the classroom work in a team teaching approach. The classroom offers sensory play, arts and crafts, science and nature activities, dramatic play, small and large motor development activities, singing and dancing. Language development occurs in the natural context of daily communication and forming friendships. Our goal is to introduce your child to a social environment where s/he can learn cooperation and participation in social groups through play activities.

Foxes Curriculum
The Foxes are the children in our pre-Kindergarten group who are 4 and 5, and have mastered basic skills of social interaction. The focus in this classroom is on the design and completion of projects in arts, crafts, multicultural exploration, science and discovery, and math. Children work on projects individually and in small groups, led by one of the classroom's three teachers. One of our main goals is to demonstrate how we can complete projects by working together. Each child has a role, but all roles are important. Examples of this include the creation of a bulletin board on volcanoes, a pretend florist shop, and outer space exploration vehicle, and our flower and vegetable garden.