This class is specifically designed to meet the needs of this energetic age group. Children 2 1/2 to three, will experience a program which is packed full of age-appropriate activities that stimulate language development, creative movement, protective play, lots of investigation, sensory development, and hands on activities. Children need not be toilet trained. Class size limited to 12 children.
Social Skills: Sharing/Caring, Manners, Role Playing, Participating, Safe use of materials
Language Arts: Language Development, Listening Skills, Self-Expression, Finger Plays, Singing, Poetry, Nursery Rhymes, Creative Play, Imagination
Social Sciences: Holidays, Seasons, My Body/ME, Patriotism, Animals/Homes/Care, Transportation, Seeds and Plants, My Family, Community Helpers, Feelings
This is a wonderful two-day class designed to help the preschooler explore the world around them. It will offer hands-on activities to help children learn through play. Stress will be placed on language development, visual-motor development, visual perception, basic number recognition 1-10, socialization and having fun in a Christian atmosphere. Children are encouraged to be toilet trained by the beginning of the school year. Children must be three by August 31st, 2007. Class size limited to 14 children.
Social Skills: Self-Confidence, Manners, Dressing Skills, Proper Use of Materials, Responsibilities, Sharing/Caring, Self-esteem, Following Directions, Role Playing, Independence Participation
Language Arts: Language Development, Colors, Listening Skills, Recognition of Names, Self-Expression, Singing, Following Directions, Nursery Rhymes, Creative Play, Left/Right, Spatial Relationships, Similarities, Finger Plays
Mathematics: Calendar Skills, Counting, Matching Shapes, Patterns, Graphing, Creative Play, Number 0-10, Introduction to One-to-One correspondence
Social Sciences: York Fair, Holidays, Safety, Teeth, Seasons Insects/Spiders, Animals Nature, Health/Hygiene, Weather, Farm Life, Community Helpers, Native Americans, Patriotism Field Trip
This is a three-day class designed for active three year olds. It will offer hands on activities to help the child learn through play. Stress will be placed on language development, visual-motor development, visual perception, basic number recognition 1-10, socialization and other readiness skills, while having fun in a Christian environment. Children are encouraged to be toilet trained by the beginning of the school year. Children must be three by August 31st, 2007. Class size limited to 14 children.
Social Skills: Self-Confidence, Manners, Dressing Skills, Proper Use of Materials, Responsibilities, Sharing/Caring, Self-esteem, Following Directions, Role Playing, Independence Participation
Language Arts: Language Development, Colors, Listening Skills, Recognition of Names, Self-Expression, Singing, Following Directions, Nursery Rhymes, Creative Play, Left/Right, Spatial Relationships, Similarities, Finger Plays
Mathematics: Calendar Skills, Counting, Matching Shapes, Patterns, Graphing, Creative Play, Number 0-10, Introduction to One-to-One correspondence
Social Sciences: York Fair, Holidays, Safety, Teeth, Seasons Insects/Spiders, Animals Nature, Health/Hygiene, Weather, Farm Life, Community Helpers, Native Americans, Patriotism Field Trip
This is a three day class for children who will be entering kindergarten the following year. Hands-on centered-based activities will stress establishing independence, pre-reading skills, math readiness, visual perception, and socialization while having fun in a Christian atmosphere. A variety of creative activities in other subject areas, combine to make this program a successful kindergarten preparation class. Children must be four by August 31st, 2007. Class size limited to 18 children.
Social Skills: Self-Confidence, Manners, Independence, Participation, Dressing Skills, Sharing/Caring, Responsibilities, Proper Use of Materials, Following Directions, Playing, Self-esteem, Decision Making
Language Arts: Language Development, Left and Right, Listening Skills, Letter Recognition, Self-Expression, Patterns, Opposites, Singing, Creative Play, Colors, Recognition of Names, Similarities/Differences, Following Directions, Printing of Name, Rhyming Words, Spatial Relationships, Retelling with detail, sequential order, setting
Social Sciences: Seed, Search, Holidays, Five Senses, Dinosaurs, Seasons, Transportation, Animal Life, Plant Life, The Heart, Eggs, Native Americans, Weather, Brotherhood, Patriotism, Field Trip, Safety and Caring for their Bodies
Small/Large Motor Skills: Marching, Creative Expression, Dancing Using Ball, Skip, Walk on Line, Running, Creative Play, Painting, Use Scissors, Hopping, Connect Dots, Color within Lines, Tracing, Lacing Tie Shoe/Button/Snap, Holding pencil/crayon properly or appropriately
Butterfly - Pre-Kindergarten
This five day, four and five year-old class is designed to highly prepare children for Kindergarten. Hand-on activities keep the children activiely incolced as they learn to recognize letters, explore sounds, pre-reading activities, understand number concepts, beginning Spanish and develop character awareness , in a Christian environment. Children must be four by September 1, 2007. Class size limited to 18.
Large and fine motor skills: Shape Recognition-8 basic shapes and recognition of shape words.
Language Development: puppetry, oral expression, retelling Reading
Color Recognition: 10 basic colors and recognition of color words. Mathematics readiness - graphing, one to one correspondence, grouping, patterning, problem-solving,
Shape Recognition: 8 basic shapes and recognition of shape words.
Number Recognition: 0-12 numeral, numbers, ordinals.
Value Concepts: friendship, honesty, cleanliness, respect, dependability, cooperation, helpfulness, kindness, sharing and diversity.
Phonemic Awareness: consonant and vowel sound beginning and ending, blending, Social Sciences: Community Helpers, five senses, family and home, seasons, forest, animals, bug and insects, holidays, manners, transpiration, big machines, paleontology/fossils, plants/spacecraft/sun, moon, stars, weather, plants, farm/farm animals/equipment, Dirt/water, kites, rainforest/jungle animals.
Arts Everywhere - 3 & 4 Year Olds
This is an extended day program, exploring the arts. Open to all. The children will spend their day participating in creative movements, dramatics, crafts, artistic expression and physical activities. The children bring their own lunches. Self-expression is encouraged, great fun is guaranteed. Children may attend one, two, or three. All children must be potty-trained. Children must be Three by August 31, 2007.
Tuition: 2 days per week: $100 per month, 1 day per week: $60 per month
Social Skills: Self-Confidence, Manners, Independence, Participation, Dressing Skills, Sharing/Caring, Responsibilities, Proper Use of Materials, Following Directions, Playing, Self-esteem, Decision Making, Role-playing, Group Work, Organizing Ideas, Organizing Self, Moving independently from one activity to the next.
Some Themes: Old West, Under the Sea, Camping, The Circus, Farmer in the Dell, Under the Big Top, Christmas Around the World.
Moovin n Groovin
This creative class is designed to help your child develop a healthy lifestyle. It includes nutrition, personal health, and exercise. They will move and groove each class with aerobics, games, introduction to organized sports, dance, cooking healthy snacks, striving to follow the food pyramid, improve large motor skill and coordination, all while having a lot of fun and giggles. This class is opened to all children ages three through five. You may choose one, two or three classes or mix with Arts Everywhere, contact director for more information. All children must be potty-trained.