SKILL BUILDERS (3 — 4 YEARS)

LEARNING TO LEARN.

  • Motor Skills Development — outdoor games, dancing, movement
  • Language Development — recognizing and forming letters, storytime, speech
  • Imaginative Development — arts and crafts, dramatic play, storytelling
  • Social Development — large and small group activities, sharing, cooperation

Preschoolers are like sponges – they soak up knowledge. The Empowered Child™ curriculum at Childtime was designed by early education specialists and follows the guidelines for developmentally appropriate practice set forth by national accrediting associations. Social, verbal, cognitive and physical skills are built through activities that engage children – counting out straws for milk, identifying the first letter of each child’s name or cooperating to assemble a puzzle.

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A CHILD’S DAY.

7:45 Your child is free to explore the learning centers while the teacher greets each pupil and parent.
8:30 Mmmm — a snack! Milk and a bagel and your child is ready to go.
9:15 Large Group Time. As the teacher talks about the day ahead, the kids ask questions and make suggestions.
9:30 Your child moves into the Science Center, where she makes “fossils” by pressing shells, pine cones, etc., into clay.
11:00 Outside, the children form a human train and chug around the playground.
12:00 Lunch time! Your daughter takes heaping spoonfuls of corn — her favorite veggie.
1:30 After a short rest, your child spends a little Quiet Time looking at an atlas — she finds her state and town.
2:30 Your daughter loves apples and vanilla wafers — what a great snack!
2:45 Everyone together for Afternoon Large Group Time — today, they play charades with song titles.
3:15 This afternoon, your daughter chooses the Art Center, where she draws maps of imaginary towns.
4:00 Your daughter and her friends take turns on the slide.
4:35 Back inside, the kids can spend time in a learning center.
5:05 You arrive to pick her up — “Hi, Daddy! I had fun today!”