Our 1-day Program is designed for parents to spend quality time with their toddler in a classroom like setting. This class meets one day per week and it is required that a parent be present during the class. The activities provided for the toddlers are age appropriate and focus on fine and gross motor skills. The toddlers are introduced to circle time where the teacher engages the children in finger plays, story telling and music and movement activities. The program also offers to parents information about child development and an opportunity to share with the other parents the joys and frustrations of "toddler hood".

Our 2-Day Program is meant to be a young child's first independent experience at nursery school. Our main goal for this program is that each child learns that school is a safe, positive place where learning is fun. We understand that for some children, the transition to independence from mom or dad can be difficult. In this case, parents work side-by-side with the teacher on their workday to help their child with the transition process. We are sensitive to the needs of these children and work gradually to help them gain the confidence and independence they need to remain at school on their own. We provide many sensory and discovery opportunities that are appropriate to the development of the 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 year old. All activities are hands-on and exploratory, which support the cognitive development of young children and our play based philosophy.

Our 3-Day Program is for children ages 3 to 4 1/2 (by September 1) who ideally have one more additional year of pre-school after 3-Day, before going to kindergarten. Our activities are open-ended, hands-on and experiential. This means each child can participate according to his/her own developmental level, and children are challenged at their individual stages of cognitive development. Social development is a very important part of 3-Day. This is the age where playing with other children begins to become more important than interacting with the adults! At this age the children begin to form friendships and by the end of 3-Day, are grouping together as friends and forming one-to-one relationships.

Our 4-Day program is our pre-kindergarten program for children who will be 4 by December 2nd and who will be attending kindergarten the following school year. It provides children with opportunities to gain familiarity with the concepts and skills that will be mastered in kindergarten and obtain hands-on experience in science, literacy, math, the arts, drama, music/movement, social growth, and physical development. Emphasis is placed on social competence, a primary indicator of kindergarten success, as well as the development of cognitive and literacy skills. Students are exposed to the letters of the alphabet, rhyming and alliteration, recognizing and printing their first name, and numbers beyond 100. Circle time provides the opportunity to play group games that encourage cooperation, develop phonological awareness and cognitive skills, share big books, focus on print concepts, and engage in meaningful conversations that develop oral language and provide additional exposure to the printed word.