Your 3 year old is learning through exploring, using all the senses. Through play your child is developing their reasoning skills and will get very involved in dramatic play. Language for your 3 year old is taking off. They are learning many new words and at this age begin to initiate conversations. We will encourage their curiosity of letters and numbers through many fun learning activities in the Preschool classroom. Children are engaged in active learning and are able to make a variety of choices during their activities because we focus on process and not product. Ample materials are available to children to explore in the classroom under the watchful eye of their teachers. Children discuss and share their observations and learning experiences with classmates & teachers.

The preschool classroom includes Choice Time, Small & Large Group Time, Art, Math & Literacy, Technology, Music & Movement, Cooking, Sand & Water Experiences and Toys & Games. The outdoor environment is designed to provide an extension to the classroom and allows various science and discovery experiments. The classroom is limited to twenty children with two teachers.

The Preschool years are fun, challenging, tiresome, trying, testing, and filled with emerging independence, growth and love. It is a time when children realize that they are each individual and find their own unique personality. In this room your child will increase their awareness of colors, shapes, letters, written words, name writing, learning phone numbers, addresses, and birthdays. They will also be encouraged to develop their self-help skills, motor skills and social skills. We are here to comfort, encourage and support your child as well as you as the parent.

The Preschool curriculum is broad, relevant, engaging and meaningful to each child and emphasizes development of a child’s thinking, reasoning, decision-making, and problem-solving strategies. It stresses the value of social interaction to learning in all domains and provides opportunities to learn from peers. Our preschool classroom is limited to sixteen children with two teachers. Daily communication between parents and staff is essential to providing the best experience possible for every child. Twice a year, a developmental checklist will be sent home informing you on how your child is doing with their skills.