Preschool Program

Preschool age children spend most of their time in active play. Therefore they need an environment that encourages independent choices. Educational materials will be available during center time and child-initiated free play time for both indoors and outdoors. Teacher initiated activities will be used to set the stage for the day, teach important learning concepts and emphasize each child's role in the social group. Activities such as classroom clean-up, meal time, small and large group projects and story times are important for teaching children a wide array of learning skills and responsibilities. Large group activities will provide children with choices, and include materials for children to handle such as small, identical copies of "Big Books" or puppets that will correspond to the story read by the teacher. This will keep the activities engaging and fun. Our goal is that preschool age children are not only academically prepared for their early school years, but look forward to them.