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Learning not only happens during scheduled activities; every minute is a learning opportunity! The variety of planned activities helps prepare children to succeed academically and socially. Children benefit from the foundation needed to go on to Kindergarten with confidence.
Our preschool curriculum is research-based and follows the Missouri Standards of Early Childhood Education. It is designed to touch on many areas of the standards set for early childhood education. We choose a theme, letter, number, shape, and color each month. Every month is centered around the focus objectives we are learning. Some of our materials are ordered from outside resources such as Funshine Express, Higher Reach, Teachers Pay Teachers, and many online teaching sites. I've designed a lot of my materials to reuse and represent throughout each year. I purchased many learning tools, such as toys and classroom decorations, to enhance the lesson plan.
We learn by reviewing charts, posters, enhancement worksheets, and singing songs. We also have reading time, fingerplays, puppet shows, arts and crafts, and more. We focus on handwriting, early math, and reading readiness. Children are given professional assessments to see what we need to place more focus on.
By the time our children are ready to enter Kindergarten, they are expected to know primary objectives such as colors and shapes, recognize, spell, and write their names, remain seated while being attentive during storytime can, perform self-help skills such as tying shoes, along with a few added concepts like knowing primary baby sign language, and some Spanish.
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Preschoolers do well in a group setting that is well structured allowing familiar routines and flexible schedules. We manage our day by creating blocks of sessions for different activities. These activities range from group learning to bathroom breaks. Each session is designed to hold the children's interest while keeping them enthusiastic and comfortable.
Mornings:
We open our doors very early for those parents who need early drop-off. These children are usually still tired and need some time for early morning rest. We allow children the option of resting or watching a quiet television program during the first hour until it's time to get up and moving.
Around 7 am, children begin MORNING WORK. Morning work consist of solo learning activities such as practice writing their names in their name folder or painting in the Water Wow books.
Mid - Morning:
Our day of scholastic activity begins around 10 am. We set together as a group and go over daily objectives such as alphabets, numbers, shapes, and colors. While together we sing, have story time, do finger plays and many other group activities of enhanced repetitive learning skills. The group will last as long as the children stay interested. This may be from 15 to 20 minutes on a great day. We follow with craft time, enhanced worksheets, or story time. We head out to the play yard for outdoor games and exercise.
Depending on the weather, children are allowed time to explore in our play yard. If the weather is good, we will play inside. The children get a chance to exercise their large motor skills with tumble mats, tents, and other in door fun activities.
We celebrate holidays with big parties and birthdays with cake and ice cream. The children look forward to our preschool parties. We get to celebrate each other and learn about different cultures.
Afternoon:
After a must needed nap and our snack, we go directly into our Afternoon Meeting. We set together to discuss the calendar and weather. We talk about what we enjoyed about our day. We set up our Learning Centers and choose our assignments. The children take turns playing in each learning center set up in the playroom.
Early Evening:
Most children have gone home by 4:30 pm. We will set up self-directed activities such as board games or coloring. Some afternoons may be spent playing outside until parents arrive for pickup.
We incorporate extracurricular activities such as yoga, cooking, and music lessons. These lessons are taught by local professionals who enjoy coming in to work with the children. We plan for one class per quarter. All professionals will have proper background checks before entering and working with our students.
We take exploration field trips to places such as the pumpkin patch, the fire station. museums, the zoo, or Kaleidoscope. The children are trained to behave appropriately while on our outings.
We plan to schedule at least four per year. We travel safely in our insured vehicle with proper car seats specially fitted for each child.
We may take random outings to the park, the library, lunch at McDonald's, water parks, and even Ms. Shawn's important appointments such as the dentist. These are usually planned with short notice.
We love to have presentations from community organizations. We have had visits from police officers, Santa, animal shelters. We try to schedule at least once during the winter months.
OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL RESPONSIVE CARE.
Responsive care is based on the relationship between the child and the caregiver. The caregiver's job is to make sure the child's physical, social, emotional, and cognitive needs are being considered. The child and caregiver form a bond of security and trust. Our children have a sense of stability and love. This system of nurture is the stepping stone to introduce highly effective opportunities to involve academics for school preparation.
"Research shows that healthy brain development in young children depends on the degree of responsive care received during the primary years."
We understand that young children need tools to help them develop. Children learn by doing. Playing is very important for children to learn. Through play, they learn the knowledge of math, literacy, and science. Play enhances motor and visual perception skills. During play, emotional growth takes place with peer interaction. Children become self - confident, are filled with curiosity, and enjoy a friendship at playtime. Our preschool has an environment that offers opportunities to explore and grow. We provide all the materials to do so.
Children also need to learn through the routine while placed in an adaptable - structured environment. Our curriculum is designed to enhance the skills children need to thrive. While at our preschool, our children are not placed in front of a television or set in a toy room all day. We offer a day filled with free and instructional play along with plenty of time set aside just for teachers encouraged academics.
Our goal is to prepare our children for kindergarten. We are NOT a "daycare". Our program is considered as a Kindergarten preparatory program. Our curriculum's main focus is foster self creativity; positive social skills such as working with other children, taking turns, following simple instructions, table manners, self-care such as brushing teeth, potty training; and encouraging motor skills. Christian values are also taught to our children so that they are aware that God does exist and we all are equally loved by Him!
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