Infants:
The Peaceful Blessings (6 Wks. to 12 months) are in a nurturing environment, where the teachers are patient and enthusiastic about their growth and development. The Infant curriculum is an introduction to language, socialization, independent exploration, listening, developing cognitive and visual skills in a spiritually based environment. All are accomplished through a series of Infant stimulation activities, such as tracking, floor exercise, exploring numbers and alphabets, story reading, daily worship and praise and exploring the outdoor campus by taking buggy rides at least twice a week. Their daily schedule is kept flexible to adapt to the individual needs of each Infant.
We are proud that our babies…
One Year Olds:
The life in our Wonderful Ones (12-24 months) class we strive to make every moment a learning moment. We want each child to have fun while also learning. We want to create activities to help develop a child's mind and body, as well as a child's social abilities. Our number one goal is to create a fun and comfortable environment for your child. Their program promotes independence like self-feeding, pre-potty training, settling into a routine, yet introduced to choice through independent play and learning stations. On the academic level, there are small group, teacher –led learning units spaced throughout their busy day. Shapes, colors, numbers, beginning phonics, music and art are just a few of the activities used to stimulate academic growth.
Key areas of child development & learning…
Two Year Olds:
In our Toddler program, potty training, language development and social skills are the main focus of the Trailblazing Twos. We have a base curriculum that fosters the children's individual interests and abilities. This enhances each child's learning, which promotes the opportunity to grow through concepts and skills. We focus our activities around fine and gross motor skills, academic, social and emotional skills based on the child's developmental abilities. Our activities alternate between teacher directed and child centered experiences which will be focused on weekly themes. This process prepares the children to expand their horizons. The development of spoken language is mainly enhanced by phonics practice and reading. The A Beka curriculum, which is taught in this classroom, is traditionally rich in the phonics component. The Twos are able to circulate through out the classroom and explore the many centers are provided. The dramatic play, various phonic activities, introductory Spanish, and all the many other daily functions of this classroom create an environment that make these Trailblazing Twos true explorers.
Key areas of child development & learning…
Three Year Olds:
In addition to phonics, introductory Spanish and alphabets our three's are hearing and memorizing poetry, they are developing pre-math skills, sequencing, and learning ordinal numbers. They explore creative writing through dictation to their teachers, outdoor gardening and many other creative components. The curriculum is part A Beka as well as the staff creativity based on monthly themes.
We strive to…
Key areas of child development…
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Pre-K:
In this class we provide a loving and safe learning environment that allows them to naturally grow. Throughout each day we focus on improving writing skills, letter recognition and letter sounds. We touch upon critical thinking by having group discussions about various topics. Social skills are very important and we achieve this through play and classroom rules. The children are allowed free time to interact with each other inside and outside the classroom. The children also learn self help skills and how to use proper words to express their feelings with each other. The curriculum is part A Beka as well as the staff creativity with regards to the school's particular demographics. The children learn in an environment that is rich in science, language written and spoken, story writing, conversational Spanish, pre-math, phonics and drama the. We believe children learn best in a classroom that provides an age-appropriate, educational curriculum that is centered on the child. We aim to help every child to develop life skills that will foster independence, social skills and cognitive development. Our goal is to prepare each and every child in our classroom to be prepared to continue onto Kindergarten and excel in the traditional classroom. Our goal is to create maximum love of learning!
Key areas of child development & learning…
The Sixth Room:
The developing of our outdoor classroom is based on our belief that leaning does not stop when you go outside to play. We know the young child learns through play. However, we have what we call the X-Zone. An exterior classroom with centers, in addition to the gross motor skills developed in our equipment. The play area has the flowing centers, with more to develop as space allows.
Outdoor Literacy
Various Sports Activities
Science
Water Play
Art Center
Manipulative
Writing Center
Individual Classroom Gardens
The Peaceful Blessings (6 Wks. to 12 months) are in a nurturing environment, where the teachers are patient and enthusiastic about their growth and development. The Infant curriculum is an introduction to language, socialization, independent exploration, listening, developing cognitive and visual skills in a spiritually based environment. All are accomplished through a series of Infant stimulation activities, such as tracking, floor exercise, exploring numbers and alphabets, story reading, daily worship and praise and exploring the outdoor campus by taking buggy rides at least twice a week. Their daily schedule is kept flexible to adapt to the individual needs of each Infant.
We are proud that our babies…
- Learn through play
- Learn to interact with their peers and teachers
- Learn to interact with their peers and teachers
- Have teachers that create and foster a loving and nurturing environment
- Key areas of child development that we focus on
- Physical/motor development – moves head while lying on stomach, rolls over, pulls to sitting position, self supported sit, pulls to standing position, etc.
- Social, emotional and personal development – imitates movements, laughs and smiles, plays independently for 10 minutes, etc.
- Cognitive development – places objects into container, perform simple gestures on request, etc.
- Communication development – repeats sounds made by others, responds to gestures with gestures, answers simple questions with nonverbal gestures, use of sign language
One Year Olds:
The life in our Wonderful Ones (12-24 months) class we strive to make every moment a learning moment. We want each child to have fun while also learning. We want to create activities to help develop a child's mind and body, as well as a child's social abilities. Our number one goal is to create a fun and comfortable environment for your child. Their program promotes independence like self-feeding, pre-potty training, settling into a routine, yet introduced to choice through independent play and learning stations. On the academic level, there are small group, teacher –led learning units spaced throughout their busy day. Shapes, colors, numbers, beginning phonics, music and art are just a few of the activities used to stimulate academic growth.
Key areas of child development & learning…
- A wide variety of literature including poetry & hand rhymes
- Art projects that use diverse materials and textures
- Music that is cultural and classic, along with many favorite children’s songs
- The use of imagination with dramatic play
- Discovering different materials such as rice and water (older children have access to sand)
- Math skills such as counting, measuring, matching, shapes and opposites
- Science experiments and an appreciation of nature
- Fine motor skills such as stringing cheerios and painting, etc.
- Large motor skills such as climbing and rolling a ball, etc.
- Circle time which includes colors, sign language, weather, etc.
Two Year Olds:
In our Toddler program, potty training, language development and social skills are the main focus of the Trailblazing Twos. We have a base curriculum that fosters the children's individual interests and abilities. This enhances each child's learning, which promotes the opportunity to grow through concepts and skills. We focus our activities around fine and gross motor skills, academic, social and emotional skills based on the child's developmental abilities. Our activities alternate between teacher directed and child centered experiences which will be focused on weekly themes. This process prepares the children to expand their horizons. The development of spoken language is mainly enhanced by phonics practice and reading. The A Beka curriculum, which is taught in this classroom, is traditionally rich in the phonics component. The Twos are able to circulate through out the classroom and explore the many centers are provided. The dramatic play, various phonic activities, introductory Spanish, and all the many other daily functions of this classroom create an environment that make these Trailblazing Twos true explorers.
Key areas of child development & learning…
- Some of the key elements for your child’s development in the Toddler Room are working on your child’s independence through self help.
- We also work on fine motor and gross motor using activities such as tracing, cutting, using pincher fingers, walking, steps and outside play.
- The major key element we work on is potty training. We work with the child and the parents to make this process as easy as possible.
Three Year Olds:
In addition to phonics, introductory Spanish and alphabets our three's are hearing and memorizing poetry, they are developing pre-math skills, sequencing, and learning ordinal numbers. They explore creative writing through dictation to their teachers, outdoor gardening and many other creative components. The curriculum is part A Beka as well as the staff creativity based on monthly themes.
We strive to…
- Make all children our priority
- Help children become familiar with a classroom setting
- Teach children while having fun
- Look at each child’s developing level to help each child grow academically and socially
Key areas of child development…
We focus on…
- Teaching children to understand and follow rules
- Helping children become independent (i.e.- hanging up and putting on coat, set up for meals, use of bathroom facility, clean up and washing hands
- Building social skills (i.e.- playing appropriately with friends, using their words to express themselves, sharing and taking turns)
- Expanding academic knowledge (i.e. – begin spelling and writing their name, recognition of numbers, shapes, colors and opposites, use of scissors and cutting and counting objects)
Pre-K:
In this class we provide a loving and safe learning environment that allows them to naturally grow. Throughout each day we focus on improving writing skills, letter recognition and letter sounds. We touch upon critical thinking by having group discussions about various topics. Social skills are very important and we achieve this through play and classroom rules. The children are allowed free time to interact with each other inside and outside the classroom. The children also learn self help skills and how to use proper words to express their feelings with each other. The curriculum is part A Beka as well as the staff creativity with regards to the school's particular demographics. The children learn in an environment that is rich in science, language written and spoken, story writing, conversational Spanish, pre-math, phonics and drama the. We believe children learn best in a classroom that provides an age-appropriate, educational curriculum that is centered on the child. We aim to help every child to develop life skills that will foster independence, social skills and cognitive development. Our goal is to prepare each and every child in our classroom to be prepared to continue onto Kindergarten and excel in the traditional classroom. Our goal is to create maximum love of learning!
Key areas of child development & learning…
- Peer relations- Children are encouraged to enter into play and cooperate during both structured and unstructured activities. We focus on appropriate interactions and self-regulation.
- Independence- Children develop independence by strengthening self help skills and making choices. Children find their hooks and hang up their coats, sign themselves in and out of the classroom, choose activities and who they want to play with, serve themselves lunch, and toilet independently.
- Communication skills- Children will enhance communications skills through shared storytelling, questioning, lunch conversation, peer and teacher interactions, and journal writing.
- Reading- Children will develop an appreciation of literature through storytelling and reading quality children’s literature. Children will also develop reading skills through buddy reading, guided reading, and a variety of phonics activities.
- Writing- Children practice writing on a daily basis. In addition, on a weekly basis children will participate in multiple activities that develop fine motor skills. Activities include but are not limited to: stringing boards, using play-doh to create letters, writing in sand, cool-whip and shaving cream, using chalk boards, and using worksheets to learn proper writing techniques.
- Mathematics- Children will gain an understanding of spatial concepts, classification, patterns, numbers, one-to-one correspondence and graphing. This is achieved through math lessons, free explorations, and manipulative.
- Science- Children will strengthen problem solving skills, critical thinking and develop a curiosity about the world and how things work through simple science experiments and conversations about various science related topics.
- Music and Movement- Children sing and dance daily during circle time and free play. Nursery rhymes and songs are also used during the literacy activities to help with phonemic awareness and fluency.
The Sixth Room:
The developing of our outdoor classroom is based on our belief that leaning does not stop when you go outside to play. We know the young child learns through play. However, we have what we call the X-Zone. An exterior classroom with centers, in addition to the gross motor skills developed in our equipment. The play area has the flowing centers, with more to develop as space allows.
Outdoor Literacy
Various Sports Activities
Science
Water Play
Art Center
Manipulative
Writing Center
Individual Classroom Gardens