Preschool 3s

The preschool class emphasizes exploration, experimentation, cooperation and creativity in a process oriented environment. Children are encouraged to explore the world around them and to interact with others in productive and cooperative ways. Activities are integrated around units of study, including colors, the community and jobs people do, the farm, the insect world, the ocean world, and seasons and holidays.

This class engages students in activities that promote development of the following skill areas:

  • Creative - personal drawings; painting; mixed media crafts

  • Expressive - dress up; pretend play; imaginative building

  • Cognitive - cutting; drawing; number sense; shape sorting; puzzles

  • Language & Literacy - story and song time; rhyming; finger play

  • STEM - five senses; magnification; floating, pouring & sinking;

  • Enrichment - music; cooking; science experiments Spanish

Class Details

Class Age
Must be three years old by December 1st of the school year

Days
3 Days/4 Days (choice of days); 5 Days (Mon-Fri)

Hours
9am - 12pm; 12pm - 3pm (Full day combination 9am-3pm also available)

Class Size
Maximum 17 children

Class Schedule

9:00 - 10:00: Play time rotation through four “centers”

10:00 - 10:25: Snack and story time

10:25 - 11:00: Bathroom/shoe change/Outdoor recess

11:00 - 11:20: Circle time - calendar/songs/learning

11:20 - 11:50: Table toys

11:50 - 12:00: Clean up/shoe change/dismissal

Our Teachers

In addition to their patience and kindness, our teachers have decades of collective experience and advanced degrees in their fields—making them ideally suited to care for your little ones.