Toddler Program: Children ages 18 months - 3 years old
The Toddler Program is currently available 4 days a week with a 2, 3, or 4 day option. The maximum group size is 6 children with a 2:1 child to teacher ratio.
Preschool Program: Children ages 3 - 6 years old
The Preschool Program is available 5 days a week. There is a 3 day minimum enrollment and we ask that children attend consecutive days. The maximum group size is 12 children with a 4:1 child to teacher ratio.
Our Curriculum:
Fine Motor: practical life, finger plays, arts and crafts
Gross Motor: outside play, balance beam, movement games and songs
Independence: self care skills, concentration, completing the Montessori Work Cycle
Social: friendship, trust, respect of one another, the teachers and the materials
Language: social interactions, songs, letter sounds, letter names, writing and reading
Science: seasons, plants, birds, the farm, weather, insects, reptiles, nutrition, magnets, hatching chicks, and the life cycles of butterflies, frogs and chickens
Math: counting objects, number symbol recognition, sorting, size, shapes, patterns, addition and subraction
Sensorial: using sensorial materials to enhance the 5 senses
Practical Life: pouring dry and wet materials, spooning, tweezing, tonging, painting, brushing, opening and closing containers, baking, dish washing, zipping, buttoning, sewing, hand washing, threading beads
Geography: the seven continents, the Globe, maps, animals around the world, land formations
Spanish: numbers, greetings, colors, foods, animals
Music: bells, horns, drums, strings, classical, acoustic, cultural
Movement: finger plays and songs, balancing, jumping, skipping, clapping, stretching, resting, throwing, catching, kicking, batting, rolling
Art: collages, watercolors, exploring famous artists and their work, painting, clay, multi-cultural arts and crafts, cutting
Specials:
Music teacher: Ms. Ann-Marie of Tales-n-Tunes of Newport
Creative Movement: Ms. Rachel Clough of Busy Bodies in Wakefield
Field Trips: Biomes, Casey's Farm, Natural History Museum, Farmer's Daughter, The Worm Ladies
Family involvement
Special Guests
