The well-balanced program at this learning center is designed to meet the social, physical, emotional, intellectual, and creative needs of each child and to promote a life-long love of learning.

Sensory experiences are extremely important to the young child. Therefore, the more he/she is able to touch, see, hear, smell, and taste, the more meaningful the experience will be and the more he/she will remember it.

BOOKS will be a VERY IMPORTANT part of our everyday curriculum. The children will hear one story every day and very often another book will be used to introduce a math, science, social studies, art, music, or language activity. In addition to hundreds of books already in the classroom library, we use books from the local library as well. Each day the children take home a book of their choice to have their parents read to them. Reading to children is strongly emphasized throughout the year.

There will be a great emphasis on the importance of being kind to one another, being helpful, cooperative, and respecting one another. Children will be taught patience, consideration for others, good manners, kindness toward animals, as well as the importance of taking good care of their learning center and the many materials available for them to use.

I will be using a wonderful reading readiness program that introduces a different letter of the alphabet at the beginning of each week. Throughout that week, our group activities will revolve around that letter and its sound. For example, the week we learn about the letter “P”, we might paint with pink and purple paint for art. We’ll count pennies for math and sing “The Pizza” song. We’ll tell about our pets for language, learn about penguins for science, and read the story the “Pig’s Wedding.” We might also try to toss Ping-Pong balls in a pail, play with puppets, put together puzzles, make potato prints, and look at postcards from may different places. The possibilities are nearly endless and so much fun!!