FOUR YEAR OLD PROGRAM
The four year old program is designed for children 3.9 years by September.
This program is developmentally designed to build on social and educational
skills acquired in our three year old program. It is designed to provide the
child with the needed readiness skills to enter Kindergarten the following fall.
MISSION
Our mission is to develop in the child a love of school and learning. We
continue encouraging the child's listening, social and readiness skills.
CURRICULUM
Developmental readiness is the foundation of our academic program. Each child is
viewed as a unique individual with a wide range of emotional, social, physical
and intellectual capabilities. Our program is designed to meet the child's
individual needs and readiness, as well as to encourage an enhance their
academic growth.
The curriculum encompasses many areas including art, music, reading and math readiness, free play and outdoor time. These activities all help to enhance a child's growth.
ART
Projects in art help to develop and enhance a child's fine motor skills. It is
also and avenue for the child to experiment
with and develop their sense of creativity. Pride and excitement in their
completed works helps to foster a child's ever emerging self esteem.
MUSIC
This is another creative area for each child. We expose the children to a wide
range of skills through our varied music program. Rhyming songs and poems help
the child to improve both their listening skills and memory skills. Singing for
enjoyment in small and large groups allows the child to develop a love of music.
Movement songs and activities encourage the child to further develop both gross
and fine motor skills.
READING READINESS
Our reading readiness program exposes the children to consonants while
emphasizing listening skills and verbal expression. We use a letter of the week
approach to reading readiness. We introduce the letters with a puppet and
alliterations. In developmental readiness, children take from the puppet
activity what they are ready for (initial consonant, letter recognition, or just
the teacher doing a puppet show.) Readiness and art projects reflect the letter
the children are studying each week.
MATH READINESS
Before children can understand Math, they need many readiness skills:
patterning, sorting and spatial recognition to name a few. Through block play,
puzzles, using manipulatives, calendar activities and patterning, they achieve
the necessary readiness skills.
FREE PLAY
Time for free play fosters a child's social development. Our teachers provide a
stimulating environment for the children to develop these skills. Many and
varied activity centers are available for the children to experience. Some
examples are: art table, puzzles, housekeeping, legos, cornmeal, sand, oatmeal,
water table, blocks, easel painting, book area, and many more. While the
children are enjoying themselves, they are enhancing many skills. They are
developing spatial relationships, social interaction skills and emotional
security while in a nurturing and loving school environment.
OUTDOOR PLAY
This is a chance for the child to develop social skills and fine and gross motor
skills as well as have fun. Our playground has many areas for succeeding at
these skills. There are climbing structures, slides, sand box, balls, bicycles
and basketball when the weather permits.
AVAILABLE PROGRAMS
Full Day Program: Two full days to five
full days. (Ten, eight or six hours per day)
Half Fay Program: Two to five, four hour days.