IT IS AMAZING TO THINK THAT EVERY DAY WHEN WE DO THESE ACTIVITIES YOUR CHILDREN ARE LEARNING ALL OF THESE SKILLS BELOW. I THOUGHT IF WOULD BE FUN TO JUST LET YOU KNOW ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL AREAS WE WORK WITH AND NURTURE EACH DAY.
CIRCLE TIME is a group gathering during which we share our ideas, plans and observations. Circle activities are designed to stimulate thinking, enrich social skills, and expand attention spans.
GROSS-MOTOR ACTIVITIES give our children the opportunity to use their muscles as will as their imaginations as they engage in fun activities. We create healthy exercises such as running, jumping and climbing inside and outside. We use music, games and our own creativity to stimulate the children.
FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES help improve small muscle development and eye-hand coordination. Some common items found in our fine motor/manipulative area include puzzles, beads and laces, markers, scissors and many more items.
ART ACTIVITIES help our children creatively express their thoughts and feelings. They help reinforce fine motor skills and concept development in areas such as colors, shapes, and size relationships.
DRAMATIC-PLAY ACTIVITIES help our children express themselves, practice life skills, improve social skills, increase self esteem and awareness, build vocabulary, problem solve and JUST HAVE FUN!!!!!
MUSIC ACTIVITIES promote listening skills, creative expression and social skills. In music we can explore sound, volume, tempo and rhythm.
SCIENCE ACTIVITIES offer many hands on opportunities for observation, exploration, investigation, making predictions and experimentation. The children love our cooking projects, the weighing and measuring is such fun. We also enjoy bug and leaf collecting.
SAND AND WATER ACTIVITIES allow our children to experiment with textures and the properties of different substances. These activities also promote the development of other skills such as math, science and language.
BLOCK PLAY gives experience with many different concepts such as shape and size discrimination, spatial relationships, number skills, balance, organization, cause and effect and classification. Cooperative play skills, problem solving and creativity are also promoted in block play.
STORYTIME is designed to help develop an appreciation and enjoyment of literature. Reading activities enhance vocabulary and comprehension skills and also expand their knowledge base.
Each Child has individual needs and abilities. We work with each child and parents to determine the best way for your child to learn, grow and develop. If a child has any specific needs we will implement that into our daily curriculum, play activities and goals.
This schedule is a general guide to our day, it varies depending on the weather and our creative flow of what we choose to incorporate.
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and free play
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Circle time/preschool
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Snack time
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Preschool Activity
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Outside Play
11:15 a.m. - noon lunch and wind down.
We nap til 2pm or 3pm usually
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Snack time
3:30p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Preschool Activity
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Freeplay/outside activity or get creative with dance/movement/stories
Our Preschool schedule
