Vocabulary expands from a few hundred words to a few thousand and word comprehension takes off during the preschool years. Our program provides 3’s children with opportunities to integrate listening, speaking, early reading, and writing into daily activities such as:

• Recognizing letters and discriminating between sounds
• Answering open-ended questions such as “What do you think?”
• Participating in projects that have multiple steps
• Playing language and rhyming games
• Following along in children’s books read to the class
• Sharing thoughts and ideas to teachers about artwork

Whether they are counting how many marbles they have, fitting a cylinder into a circular hole, or asking for more milk, preschoolers are constantly using and experimenting with math concepts. Our 3’s teachers create learning experiences that build math skills and reasoning so children can solve problems and use mathematics in real and meaningful ways, such as:

• Sorting items by size, color, or shape during clean-up
• Stringing beads in a pattern
• Discussing past, present, and future events
• Counting out small groups of items and matching to a numeral card
• Playing estimation games such as “Which jar has more pebbles?”
• Experimenting with measuring cups in the sand or water table

Preschoolers are actively developing their sense of self and who they are in the world. Our 3’s teachers create respectful and diverse learning environments, helping children understand the world they inhabit. Teachers also present unique experiences for children, enhancing a preschooler’s sense of responsibility and compassion for people, such as:

• Sharing cultural and family traditions with the class
• Working with peers on community service projects
• Experiencing the comforting words and gestures of teachers and peers
• Exploring photos of children and adults who are similar or different from us
• Playing collaboratively with peers
• Caring for classroom plants

We offer:

• Half-Day 9:00 -11:30 AM MWF 
• Half-Day  9:00 -11:30 AM T-Th 
• Half-Day 9:00 -11:30 AM M through F    
• Full-Day 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM