PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM

The most important service you can give a new parent/guardian is to assure that they are comfortable leaving their children each day. We do our best to make our students and our families comfortable. We are the only center in New York that offers our families Peace of Mind. Be in two places at one time, watch your child and work too.

Our curriculum for all students is designed like a step program. Our program begins with our infants and at the age of 2 our toddler students move into our preschool program which is located on the second floor ouf our main building. Our pre-school program is a continuation of our infant curriculum. Each class is designed to meet the individual needs of each child. The children continue to grow in the program due to the fact that the curriculum allows for children to increase the skills they have learned in our infant program. The classes in our pre-school program help children to master skills such as using the potty, increasing their language skills, gaining an interest in reading, exploring their five senses, improving their social skills and using their fine and large motor skills. We accomplish all of these goals by proving a wide range of activities for the children. We allow them to have ample time during the day to explore their environment. Our pre-school curriculum consists of potty training, circle time, story time,music and movement, center play (dramatic play area, art area, block area, writing, math and science areas, music area, etc. Check out or pre-school virtual tour.), nap time, breakfast, lunch and snack time.

Each September all children age 4 will move into our pre-kindergarten classes. Children that have remained constant in the program are academically ready to excel at this point due to the constant reinforcement of basic skills. Many of the children in our program at this point have mastered many of the basic skills. Therefore, our pre-kindergarten curriculum is designed to encourage children to reach their full potential and advance to our excelerated  school age program. In pre-kindergarten students continue to follow the pre-school curriculum as described above, however, they surpass the pre-kindergarten curriculum mid- year to begin exploring the kindergarten curriculum. We accomplish this working as partners with parents and encouraging children to reinforce basic concepts at home. Children will receive home learning activities during the week. These activities encourage children and parents to spend time together discussing what the child has learned in school and completing interactive activities. In January of pre-kindergarten school year children that are prepared to progress, will receive kindergarten phonics, math and handwriting practice books. All children are encouraged to work on their individual level and teachers continue to challenge the children based on their abilities.