Programs

Young Preschool/Toddler Classes

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Parent/Toddler Program

9:00-10:30
10:30-Noon
(2 sessions)
Monday		 Parents and toddlers meet weekly to provide parents an opportunity to gain understanding about child development, hone parenting skills and find support among other parents of young children. As children play in a supervised group, parents are able to watch, listen, discuss and understand the issues behind toddler behavior and their own child's unique personality.

2-3s Class

9:30-11:30
Tuesday-Thursday		 This short program for a beginning group experience offers dramatic play, art, unit blocks, stories, songs, socialization, and large-motor outdoor play. This is a carefully paced group to support emerging social skills and serve as a "bridge" between home and the larger world of preschool.

Preschool Classes

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3-4s Class

9:00-11:30
Tuesday-Friday		 The program for 3 and young 4 year olds offers creative, dramatic, social and physical play opportunities with emphasis on developing independence skills - dressing, pouring, cutting and picking up - in a supportive early childhood environment. Adult relationships facilitate children's drive to explore, learn, develop play relationships and express needs within a group..

4-5s Class

M & F, 1:00-3:30
T-W-TH, 12:30-3:30		 This program provides a range of activities for pre-kindergarten children, with emphasis on group times for an exchange of ideas, information and questions. Math and reading are integrated in all areas of the classroom throughout the day. Throughout the year children engage in projects which develop over a period of weeks. Projects enable children to incorporate reading, writing, and research on subjects of their interest in science and social studies.

3-4-5s Class

8:45-11:15
Monday-Friday		 This class offers a mixed age option for preschool children in a half-day program. Children have access to the full spectrum of early childhood materials - including art, dramatic play, and blocks. Emphasis is on building community, developing play relationships, and becoming comfortable expressing ideas and needs within a group.

All Day Class

3-5 Year Olds
9:00-4:00
(extended day 7:30-5:30)
Monday-Friday		 Children who need full day care have their own separate preschool group, built around a rhythm of healthy activities designed to provide continuity, stability, and sound social and emotional growth. The curriculum includes dramatic play, blocks, art, music, cooking, stories and woodworking. There is a balance between indoor and outdoor activities. Children bring their lunch, and rest or sleep on cots in a separate nap room. Parents confer informally with teachers on a daily basis to share in their child's daylong activities and well being. This class is carefully balanced by age and gender to support children's friendships and development.

Primary Classes

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4-5-6s Class

(Pre K/Kindergarten)
M & F, 1:00-4:00
T-W-TH, 12:00-4:00		 Children will have the opportunities to engage in reading, writing and math activities embedded within the early childhood environment. Shared experiences will provide a foundation for building knowledge, relationships, classroom community, and excitement about learning. This group of children may include those who turn 5 early in the year (Sept.-Feb.) alongside those children who are 5 before September 1st. Younger children may stay in this class for two years or go to our full-day Primes class for their Kindergarten year.

Primes Class

(K, 1st, 2nd)
9:00-3:30
(extended day 7:30-5:30)
Monday-Friday		 This multi-age classroom was created for the oldest students of our school! The Primes participate in a wide variety of activities on any given day, growing and learning as the result of a carefully structured and integrated curriculum. Teachers provide for age and ability differences through the use of small group instruction. The Project Approach enriches our studies and brings the world to our classroom. The ongoing creation of a Primes' community also enriches this learning as peers interact and learn from each other.