Curriculum
Over time, we have fine-tuned our curriculum to meet the unique developmental needs of preschoolers — to captivate their imaginations, to inspire them, and even to make them giggle. We embrace emergent curriculum that is child inspired and teacher guided. Daily curriculum focuses on all areas of development and is designed for each specific class by their teachers.
Social Emotional Development (turn taking, verbal conflict resolution, entering into play)
Cognitive Development (pre-reading skills, pre-math skills, sorting, classification, observation and prediction skills)
Physical Development
Fine motor skills (cutting, play dough, painting, drawing, manipulatives)
Gross motor skills (running, climbing, jumping, biking, swinging)
Typical Schedule for Chickadees and Hummingbirds
OPTIONAL Bright and Early - Students of all ages may participate in our early morning drop off program. Families with students in this program may drop off at 8:30 on their days of attendance.
9:00 - Arrival into the classroom; greeted by teaching staff
9:00-9:45 - Free play inside the classroom
9:40 - Cleanup time and hand washing
9:45 - Snack in the classroom
10:00 - Transition to outside
10:00-11:00 - Outdoor play (while older children are indoors)
11:00 - Transition back to classroom
11:00-11:30 - Personal care for individual needs (diapering and hanging of clothing if needed) in parallel with continued free play in the classroom
11:40 - Cleanup time
11:45-12:00 - Circle time
OPTIONAL 12:00-2:30 Lunch Bunch - Children who stay for lunch bunch bring a lunch from home to eat with the teachers and their friends. After lunch, the children are free to play inside or outside. Lunch Bunch concludes with some quiet time listening to a story or music.
OPTIONAL 12:00-5:30 Extended Day Program - Our afternoon group is a smaller, mixed age group of students who make up a 'community within a community.' Together, these students engage in fun sensory-based activities, and participate as a group in preparing their afternoon snack.
Typical Schedule for Blue Jays
OPTIONAL Bright and Early - Students of all ages may participate in our early morning drop off program. Families with students in this program may drop off at 8:30am on their days of attendance.
9:00 - Arrival and hand washing
9:00-10:00 - Free play with 3-5 year olds, inside and outside (art, dramatic play, gross motor fun, and much more!)
10:00 - Transition to inside, short circle to review the day
10:05 - Hand washing and snack in the classroom
10:20-11:20 - Inside play time, project time
11:20 - Cleanup time
11:30 - Circle time
11:40-12:00 - Outside free play
OPTIONAL 12:00-2:30 Lunch Bunch - Children who stay for lunch bunch bring a lunch from home to eat with the teachers and their friends. After lunch, the children are free to play inside or outside. Lunch Bunch concludes with some quiet time listening to a story or music.
OPTIONAL 12:00-5:30 Extended Day Program - Our afternoon group is a smaller, mixed age group of students who make up a 'community within a community.' Together, these students engage in fun sensory-based activities, and participate as a group in preparing their afternoon snack.
Typical Schedule for Quail and Hawks
OPTIONAL Bright and Early - Students of all ages may participate in our early morning drop off program. Families with students in this program may drop off at 8:30am on their days of attendance.
9:00 - Arrival and hand washing
9:00-9:50 - Free play with 3-5 year olds, inside and outside (art, dramatic play, gross motor fun, and much more!)
9:50 - Transition to inside
9:50 - Short circle to discuss our day
10:20-11:20 - Classroom time, project time, art, building, dramatic play, science, math, reading, writing
11:20 - Cleanup time
11:25 - Circle time (Stories, songs, finger plays, webbing, discussions of the word we did during the day, planning for the next day)
11:40 - Transition to outside
11:40-12:00 - Outside free play
OPTIONAL 12:00-2:30 Lunch Bunch - Children who stay for lunch bunch bring a lunch from home to eat with the teachers and their friends. After lunch, the children are free to play inside or outside. Lunch Bunch concludes with some quiet time listening to a story or music.
OPTIONAL 12:00-5:30 Extended Day Program - Our afternoon group is a smaller, mixed age group of students who make up a 'community within a community.' Together, these students engage in fun sensory-based activities, and participate as a group in preparing their afternoon snack.