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The Preschool Rooms

Learning centers are the tool for responsive “hands-on” learning.   Materials are frequently changed and rotated to extend interest.   The teachers support children in a non-pressured, child-centered environment.   Children are exposed to print and language throughout the whole environment.  It is integrated into each center and throughout activities during the day.  Reading and writing/print rich materials are modeled as another form of communication that children are encouraged to use.

  Enriched learning takes place:  Language/communication, large motor, fine motor/art, music, social studies, chapel, math/finger plays, science, and dramatic play.

  Children are supported using positive techniques in the development of problem solving skills.

  The child's individual God-given talents are valued-self esteem nurtured.

As the day begins with gradual entry, children are greeted and actively engage in activities that have been already set up and prepared by the teachers.   Activities include: easel painting, dramatic play, block building, sand, water & sensory play, teacher planned art project, outdoor/large motor activities.  A nutritious snack is provided in the morning and afternoon that may include fruit, graham crackers and milk or a cooking project the children helped to prepare.  Children are assigned to “family groups” where children sit and eat with the same group of children and teachers throughout the course of the year.  This is a time for eating together, conversation, songs/finger plays/stories.

Story Time begins with all of the children being encouraged to help organize and clean up the room. Children will actively take part in group time as they gather in the morning and afternoon for songs, prayer, reflection time and finger plays as well as the weekly story.