Preschool Program
Preschoolers (2s, 2s/3s Blended, 3s, 3s/4s Blended and 4s)
Our Preschool Program operates on a 9-month school calendar and is available Monday through Friday. All tuition-based programs are offered as half-day sessions. For added convenience, we provide Extended Day services for an additional fee, including Early Mornings (8:00 am), Lunch Bunch (12:15 pm – 3:00 pm), and After Care (3:00 pm – 5:00 pm).
To accommodate the diverse needs of families, enrollment options range from two days per week to five days per week. Tuition is based on the number of days your child is enrolled and is determined by age group. All children must meet the age requirements by August 1st to be placed in the appropriate class. Our 2s/3s and 3s/4s blended classes are designed as a two-year program, where the younger group will "rise together" as they transition to the next level in the following year, ensuring continuity and fostering a strong sense of community and growth.
Standards of Experience
Based on Dr. Lillian Katz “Standards of Experience,” we cover the children’s social emotional, language, cognitive, and gross and fine motor development. We believe in the “Standards of Experience” vs. “outcomes based on a factory model of education” which refer to fixed series of identical outcomes. We want all children to experience:
- Being intellectually engaged, absorbed, and challenged
- Having confidence in their own powers and questions
- Being engaged in extended interactions (e.g. conversations, arguments, planning)
- Taking initiative in a range of activities and accepting responsibilities for what is accomplished
- Overcoming obstacles, set-backs and solving problems
- Helping others to find out things and understand them better
- Applying their developing basic literacy and numeric skills in purposeful ways
- Feelings of belonging to a group of their peers
Curriculum
The most important goal of our early childhood curriculum is to help children become enthusiastic learners. We strive to help children become independent, self-confident, inquisitive learners. Remember that all children are individuals and will accomplish goals at their own rate of growth and development. Our curriculum encompasses the total child and meets all areas of development.
Our learning environments are thoughtfully prepared, aesthetically-pleasing, and reimagined throughout the year based on the interests of the children. We provide an environment for growth and making new connections offering rich, open-ended materials and “loose parts” to explore and experiment. Through “invitations/provocations," we promote independent choices with rotated materials and experiences. Children are encouraged to slow down and develop self-regulation skills through mindfulness and intentional planning.
