Group Time (Teacher Directed Activities):

Daily group times provide the opportunity for your child to learn in a large group setting. Group lessons include stories, music, gross motor activities, language experiences, and discussion of the current week of study. The child is encouraged to listen and express themselves verbally. Discussion also helps to promote inductive and deductive reasoning. The development of visual and auditory memory is also promoted.

Enrichment Program:

Computer training, foreign language, music and movement, sign language, cooking, growing plants, nature walks, and having visitors come to the center to share information about the unit studies etc. will be available. Infants are taught in baby sign language which is an extension of the curriculum. These help children to communicate before they learn to talk.

Water Activities:

Throughout the year, children will engage in water play. During the summer months children have opportunities to participate in "splash days." Children cool off outside by running through sprinklers and water hoses during splash day.

Field Trips:

Children in the older classes participate in field trips away from the center. These excursions provide the opportunity for extended learning and experience in the local community. Parents sign permission forms for each trip and are invited to participate. Adult to child ratios are maintained and all children wear seat belts when being transported. Parents volunteer to drive our field trips and emergency information accompanies the classes. There is always a CPR and first aid trained staff person present. Children are supervised closely at all times. Places to visit on field trip: the zoo, bakery, dairy, television station, library, children’s theater, farm, nursery, pet shop, park, supermarket, fire station, post office, police station, ice cream store, etc