We offer two Preschool 1 classes,  one Preschool 2,  and one Pre-Kindergarten
   

Children in the Preschool Program:

• talk informally throughout the day as they play

• build with blocks

• experiment with writing

• use playdough, paints, crayons, chalk, scissors, and other media to create pictures and objects

• run, jump, slide, swing, and ride the trikes outdoors everyday, weather permitting, or use our
   large play room

• participate in family style meals

• use the toilet independently, brush teeth, take nap after hot lunch

• learn about colors, shapes, numbers, and alphabet letters through playful activities

• practice solving interpersonal problems peacefully

• take walking field trips to points of interest

• visit the library weekly

• participate in intergenerational activities with Schowalter Villa weekly

Each classroom exits onto patio, playground, gardens, and sidewalks that link the entire campus.
Each classroom has bathrooms, age appropriate furniture, variety of toys and educational supplies, storage for naptime mats, storage bins for personal items, telephone, and low window placement.

     

Our Pre-kindergarten year prepares children for
success in Kindergarten

   Skills for this age we work on:               

• tying shoes
• age appropriate responsibility--making choices
• problem solving
• social interactions
• becoming more independent
• writing names
• self-help skills

• eat family style, kids pass food, serve themselves
• ask to be excused from the table
• say "please" and "thank you"
• get their own pillow and blanket out, put everything away after rest times, put shoes on and tie them