Best suited for 2-3.5 year olds

The Preschool class is for children ages two years to four years of age and has several schedule options. Families can choose to attend Monday through Friday, Mon/Wed/Fri or Tue/Thu from 9:00 am to 11:30 am. While play based, this class offers an intentional curriculum that blends kindergarten readiness skills with creative exploration.  Our teachers want to get to know your child. They are able to give focused attention to their students on an individual and small group level throughout the day. The teachers work throughout the year to adjust each child’s curriculum to meet individual levels and needs. Parents are required to stay and work one day per week, as well as fulfill our other parent participation requirements.

The Preschool Class experiences a mix of indoor and outdoor play. During indoor time, they are offered free choice of year-round learning stations—creative art, play dough/sensory play, pre-writing/fine motor and a math/cognitive center.  The teacher rotates other learning centers throughout the week to include building blocks, small manipulative toys, dramatic play, writing, science, and light table exploration.  Following a cooperative clean up time, the children gather for Circle Time to actively participate in music and games, which incorporates Kindergarten readiness skills. After circle time, we offer a snack family-style where children practice self help skills, manners and social conversation.

During our outdoor time children are offered opportunities to develop gross motor skills using bikes, building blocks, balls, gardening, and dramatic play. We continue our creative arts, books and science/sensory experiments outside. The children end their day with a goodbye circle time.

In addition to the above offerings, the class takes field trips throughout the year, including the pumpkin patch in the fall and Hidden Villa Farm in the spring.