Preschool Program
The activities we plan for children, the way we organize the environment, select toys and materials, plan the daily schedule and talk with children are all designed to accomplish the goals of our curriculum and to give your child a successful start in school. (More information on our philosophy can be found here.)
When you visit your child’s classroom, you see a room full of children playing. Like most parents, you probably wonder what your child is actually learning. Here are a few examples:
Sample Schedule
The following is an example of the general morning preschool schedule:
- 9:00 – 9:10 Greet each other. Each child is guided to a comfortable work place for independent play.
- 9:10 – 10:05 Divide into smaller groups for Teacher Directed activities and child choice play that includes, building, dramatics, problem-solving, math, science, Literacy, and art
- 10:00 – 10:20 Conversation time – large group meeting/large group activities
- 10:20 – 10:35 “Putting back in place” time, clean-up and bathroom
- 10:35 – 10:45 Story (quiet) time
- 10:45 – 11:00 Snack time
- 11:00 – 11:25 Outside play (All classes go outside every day when weather permits)
- 11:25 – 11:30 Dismissal
A similar routine is followed in the afternoon sessions.
Class Sessions
Pre-K Counts sessions are from 9:00am until 3:00pm.
Open Enrollment morning sessions are from 9:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.
Open Enrollment afternoon sessions are from 12:30 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Extended Care Sessions:
The time before school (7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.), the lunch period between sessions (11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.), and the period after school (3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.) are the times of our Extended Care Program. This is a flexible program designed to accommodate working parents. It is meant to be utilized on a regular, scheduled basis.
Lunch
The 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. period is a supervised lunch period. Children in the open enrollment program who are enrolled in the lunch program need to bring a lunch with them from home. Lunches containing perishable foods should have an ice pack or insulated container to maintain them at a safe temperature for consumption.