INFANT/TODDLER
Infant and toddler care offers an opportunity for our staff to share in a special bond and relationship. Each student has designated spaces of his/her own, with a tailored program for optimal growth (educational & physical). We take into consideration that each child is unique and our entry assessment assists us in providing a developmentally appropriate program balanced with academic activities.
As infants learn and grow, our staff continues building upon socialization skills and provide them with an individualized plan to build upon language skills for what they see, hear, and feel. Each child will receive consistent engagement within a stimulating and nurturing learning environment that is sensitive to their social, emotional, cognitive, and physical needs.
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General Curriculum Overview
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Beginner Pre-K
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Pre-K Standard
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Student names (sequential order & write)
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Environmental print and meaning
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Uppercase letters of the alphabet ( identify, write)
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Name Vowels
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Dramatic play, dramatization of stories, puppet theater
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Rhyming
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Read -alouds to preview texts, think within and beyond the text, use illustrations visualize action and make connections
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Discussion and sharing to develop communication skills
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Noticing and describing sequential order and patterns
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Dictation of symbols and labels, sentences and stories
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Identifying shapes/2D, numbers 0-20 and beyond
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Count to 20 and beyond
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Advance Pre-K
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Uppercase & Lowercase letters of the alphabet (identify, write)
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Vowel sounds (short & long)
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Environmental prints to recognize some words
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Segmenting sounds in words
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Identify numbers 0-50 and beyond
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Count to 50 and beyond
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Rhyming
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Identifying 2D and 3D shapes
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Read-aloud to preview texts, activate and use prior knowledge, retell a story, summarize information, identify main idea, predict outcomes, think about the text, use illustrations to enhance meaning, visualize action, formulate questions and make connections
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Dramatic play, dramatization of stories, puppet theater
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Identification of beginning, middle and end of stories
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Stringing of words together to form ideas, using phonetic spelling
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Sharing of information, questions and opinions and discussing to develop communication skills
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Reading Fluency
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Reading groups to develop reading comprehension
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Writing with phonetic and conventional spelling
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Sharing books and word cards with families
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Introduction to keyboard skills
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Reading daily schedule
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Extended Enrichment
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Capitalizations and end of sentence punctuation
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Listening to and following multi-step directions
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Learning how to express opinions and disagree
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Listening and responding with an increasingly critical lens
Count to 100 and beyond
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
Children are taught on an individual curriculum to their own stage of development. Children two years of age and older participate in age appropriate activities which are planned to coordinate with specific weekly topics that are familiar to them. Each weeks topics and activities are rotated to keep their interest at peek levels. Classrooms are arranged into learning centers, which allow children the freedom to play and develop skills.
The daily schedule is a carefully planned balance between self-directed and adult-guided activities and the rooms are arranged into learning and activity centers. During “free play” children are offered group experiences, one-on-one interactions and also time to play alone if she/he chooses. Children are encouraged to participate in activites but are never forced to do so. The acitivity plan for the week is posted, and we encourgae families to participate in our curriculum activites as often as they can. We offer children an opportunity to play outdoors daily if weather permitting.
2 Year Old Classroom
Below are integrated in our daily and weekly program
- Taught and encouraged to listen to short stories and bits of information shared by their classmates.
- Asked to answer questions about the stories and participate in repetitive or rhyming parts of stories.
- Learn to count from 1-10 and identify 5 two-dimensional shapes.
- Art
- Science
- Music & Movement
-Yoga
- Spanish
Sign language
3 Year Old Preschool Class
Below are integrated in our daily and weekly program
Introduced to new books & letters weekly
Learn to read and write both the uppercase and lowercase forms of letters
Learn the sound the letter makes and identify words beginning with that letter.
Blending letters together to read simple words, such as “at”.
Learn one number, begin to write that number and corresponding objects with the numeral.
Recognize and write 1-10, then quickly progress to 20, and so forth
Learn to count to 50 and identify all 2-dimensional shapes, up to octagon and some 3-dimensional shapes.
Introduced to Spanish numbers and alphabets
Transitional Kindergarten Class
Every week, children are introduced to new sight words, it is expected that each child is capable of writing letters and words on line paper. There are several weekly reviews set in place to help each student retain information learned in class. The children learn one number, begin to write that number and correspond objects with the numeral, up to 25. The children learn to count to 100 and identify all 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes. Each family is required to purchase a set of “Bob” books to keep at home and bring to the Center each Friday for their child to read. Children also begin to “write” their own stories, using a combination of letters, words and pictures. Spanish numbers, alphabets, pattern concepts and colors.
Before & After School Program-There are countless benefits to your child joining our before and after school program. Students who participate in our programs are more likely to have increased academic performance, improved attendance and develop continuing relationships with new and old friends. All participants are engaged in academic, leisure and recreational activities outside of the traditional school day. Students are exposed to a variety of experiences including home work assistance, sports, theater, arts & crafts, games and so much more.