OUR PROGRAMS

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 our pre-kindergarten students who 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.

School Age Program
Our School age program is located at 107-17 Northern Blvd. This location is located on the same block as our main building, with the entrance located on 108th street. The day school is open during the schools normal business hours, for children enrolled in our extended day program. Children enrolled in the extended day program can take advantage of our after school program. All children enrolled just for the academic day must report to school at 8am and the day ends at 3pm. Children can sign up to receive breakfast and lunch for an additional fee.

A Child’s Place Day School has classes from kindergarten to third grade. Our curriculum is designed like a step program. Statistics show that students who attend A Child’s Place as a part of our infant/nursery program and remain in the program through pre-school and grade school, are academically ahead of children in public schools and identical private and catholic schools. Therefore, A Child’s Place has an accelerated grade school curriculum. All of our grade school classes from kindergarten through third grade are taught on a grade level above. Each class has an enriched curriculum including, math, reading, science, social studies, music, physical education, health, spanish, and technology. Children are required to do homework each night along with monthly book reports and additional projects and requirements. All students will also have the advantage to take part in our unique “Publishing Parties”, Book Fairs, Author of the Month Contests, 100th day celebrations, culture fairs, winter shows, art & theater trips and much more.

After School Program
Our After School Program is available for children that do not attend A Child's Place full time. This program gives the children a chance to get help with their homework as well as provide tutoring to those who need a little extra help. Staff will always make sure the homework is Completed, Corrected, and Co-Signed. Once homework is completed, the children will have the opportunity to chose a pre-planned activity.

Staring the month of October students will have the opportunity to explore a variety of skills. There will be four new clubs introduced into our After School Program. The following clubs will be introduced this year: Chess Club (3-6), Newspaper Club (K-6), Band (K-6) and Mentorship Program for Boys (5-6).

Summer Camp
Our Summer Camp Program has two sessions. Each session includes weekly trips, activities, meals and trip transportation. The first session is in July and the second in August. All campers must register for a minimum of four (4) weeks. Some of our summer activities include bowling, free swim, horseback riding, arts and crafts, Book Club, Math Club, outdoor sports, the zoo, arcade, swimming lessons and much more! Tutorial services will be given to students that attend our day-school program and remain in our extended day program. Tutoring will be given in small groups or individually by the child’s day-school teach between 3pm-4pm. Teachers will target specific trouble areas and continue working with students until the tutorial services are no longer needed. 

Peace of Mind Program
We offer every attempt to make the transition in finding a reliable and safe facility by giving parents a Peace of Mind. We do this by providing parents with our unique surveillance system which allows the parents to engage in the comfort and security of viewing their child's development during the day. Every parent is given a username and password, which is associated with their child to view online.

Literacy Program
A Child's Place has done it's best to put together an educational program that includes the most important aspect of learning literacy. Raising a literate child is one of the most significant aspects of ensuring a successful future. Reading creates knowledge and knowledge is power! Therefore we have created a program outside of the everyday curriculum that we trust will encourage and motivate children to read.  

4 required reading books will be selected by each age group at the beginning of the year. These books should be used for read aloud and shared reading.

Some of these programs include but are not limited to:

Reading Workshop

Reading: Reading workshops and reading assessment tests

            -Including reading comprehension and listening skills

            -Oral, written and electronically produced texts

Reading Workshops are designed to teach various reading skills and allow children to use those skills in texts the students choose and read independently based on their reading level. Our goal is to help each child move throughout the year from 1 reading level to the next. We achieve these goals through:

*Read-Alouds– The read-alouds are done by the teachers and enhance listening skills

*Mini-Lesson– The teacher teaches a reading skill and models for the students how to use that skill

*Shared Reading– Allows children to explore different types of texts while looking on and reading along with the group, then sharing their thoughts based on the skills taught in the mini-lesson.

*Independent Reading– The students are sent to choose a “just right” book. They will be taught how to choose “just right” books based on their reading level and ability. They read these books independently and apply the skills taught in the mini-lesson. Children are given an assignment to record their reactions to the book and the skills taught, in a reading log. While children are engaged in independent reading assignments, the teacher conferences with individual students to assess their reading progress and work with them to improve pertinent reading skills. These conferences will be documented to record student progress.

Community Service Learning
This community program is an addition to our already advanced grade school social studies curriculum. This community service learning program gives students kindergarten thru fifth grade, the opportunity to evaluate their school's community and consider all the possible ways they can help the people and environment to improve the quality of the community.

This program gives students the opportunity to learn about the community within the classroom setting, but also by going right into the community and experiencing the difference they can make. Each class assesses the needs of the community and chooses a service they would like to volunteer to give to the community.

Our community service learning program make students aware of the community and the needs of others. It gives them a broad view of the world and how to give of themselves to help others.