Child Care Center – YMCA at Pabst Farms

Our YMCA Child Care Center provides high-quality education for children ages 6 weeks to 6 years. Well-trained teachers and caregivers teach children using curriculum that focuses on education through physical, social, emotional & cognitive experiences as well as religion classes.

Open Monday – Friday, 6:00 am – 6:00 pm
Scholarships are available. For information call (262) 468-0478.

Infant

(Ages 6 weeks to 12 months)

Daily care needs and parent collaboration are high priority for these teachers.  Your little one will have the best care while being engaged in music, books, sensory and play.

On a daily basis your child will be read to, sung to, snuggled and cuddled with, rocked, played with, participate in finger plays, have independent tummy time and have wonderful experience with music. We go on buggy rides outside when the weather cooperates. In addition to these activities we plan activities that emphasize all area of development. Above all we give your child; a tremendous amount of love and the best care possible.

Please label everything with your child’s first and last name

  • Breast milk or formula
    • If bringing breast milk we have freezer space available to freeze and store it. Please label all containers with the contents, date and your child’s name.
  • Bottles
    • Bring as many bottles as your child drinks in a day. We are required to use a new bottle for each feeding. You are welcome to pre make them if that is easier for your family. Our bottles are warmed with a bottle warmer.
    • Bottles will be sent home daily to be cleaned and returned the next day

  • Food
    • When your child is ready to eat food, you will need to provide baby cereal and baby food. All food must be dated and labeled with your child’s name and contents. When your child is ready to eat ‘table food”, the center will provide it.
    • Feeding schedules are based on the child’s age and ability

  • Sleep Sack
    • All infants are required to sleep on their back. Cribs can not contain any soft materials (blankets, or stuffed animals). Please send a sleep sack if you child uses one

  • 3 extra changes of clothes

  • Diapers and wipes
    • We do have storage space for extra diapers and wipes
    • If your child uses diaper cream, we will need to have a medication form on file that will be updated every 6 months.

  • Coat and winter items. We take the infants outside as long as the temperature is above 20 degrees.

Promoting Social – Emotional Development

  1. Teachers will respond to infants’ needs in a consistent way that reaffirms a trusting relationship by responding to their needs in a calm positive manner.
  2. Teachers will plan for individual, one-on-one interaction with infants each day. All children will be given praise and positive feedback.
  3. Infants will be given opportunities to play and socialize with peers. Teachers will both model and teach appropriate interactions with children and adults
  4. Infants will begin to learn self-help skills such as self-feeding, drinking from a cup on their own, and be encouraged to express their needs through verbalizations, baby signs, or other methods.

Promoting Language Skills

  1. Infants will be spoken to and encouraged to make sounds, babbling, gurgling and other vocalizations that support early language.
  2. Infants will be exposed to books, songs and finger plays that stimulate language, storytelling and literacy.
  3. Time will be taken to plan opportunities for students to use soft books, board books, and text that teachers read. Children will be both read to and given opportunities to explore books and illustrations on their own.
  4. Teachers will describe actions and daily routines to infants as they are happening to increase awareness and sequencing (“We are changing your diaper. First we take your diaper off and throw it away; then we wipe your body clean”).

Promoting Physical Skills

  1. Infants will be given opportunities to explore items that produce sensory experiences, be exposed and surrounded by items that encourage them to move, reach and grasp.
  2. Infants will be given appropriate tummy and back time and be given access to areas that allow sufficient and safe space for kicking, stretching, rolling, crawling, cruising, first steps and other milestone activities.
  3. Teachers will plan and facilitate games and fun activities that encourage the development of all fine and gross motor skills, including vision (such as tracking objects, stimulation through colors, etc.)
  4. Infants will be exposed to their outdoor environment through outdoor play, walks in the stroller, and indoor sensory activities.

Promoting Cognitive Skills

  1. Infants will be exposed to a variety of toys and materials that stimulate critical thinking such as large puzzles, nesting or stacking toys, or visually stimulating concept toys like sunlight catchers, spirals or liquid motion toys. Infants will be exposed to colors, shapes and sizes.
  2. The infant classroom will provide ample items to sort and count, and teachers will begin to expose infants to counting and concepts of time through simple chants and songs (“Baby going up in 1…2….3!”).
  3. Infants will be allowed to safely explore a wide range of interesting objects, books, and appropriate culturally diverse materials (such as multicultural dolls, board books or music).

Toddler

(Ages 1-2 years)

The toddler room serves children that are 12-24 months old. The children are exposed to language, sensory, art and pre math activities. Toddlers love to explore and get their hands dirty we offer many opportunities for this when playing in the classroom and outside

Please label everything with your child’s first and last name

  • Diapers
  • Wipes
  • 2 pair of extra clothes
  • Season appropriate items to play outside in

Promoting Social – Emotional Development

  1. Teachers will provide a predictable emotional environment and consistent methods of age-appropriate discipline and consequences Toddlers will learn to explore self-identification: the learning of their physical attributes, the members of their family, and their own personal identity.
  2. Teachers will introduce concepts of self-control such as sharing, waiting for a turn, following directions, etc. Teachers will model kind and friendly interactions with children and adults
  3. Teachers will give children specific and positive praise and feedback.
  4. Children will begin to learn additional self-help skills such as washing one’s own hands and attempting to dress or put on one’s own shoes.
  5. Children will be exposed to ideas about friendship, community, and personal safety.
  6. Teachers will help facilitate students’ abilities to identify and express their emotions appropriately.

Promoting Language Development

  1. Children will be exposed to new words and vocabularies and be challenged to identify things in their world through language.
  2. Children will be exposed to books, reading materials, songs and finger plays that stimulate language, storytelling, and literacy. Children will be both read to and given opportunities to explore books and illustrations on their own.
  3. Teachers will engage children in conversations to encourage their verbal development.

Promoting Physical Development

  1. Children will be given opportunities to increase fine motor skills through delicate tasks such as writing with large crayon, finger painting or manipulative play.
  2. Children will be given opportunities for indoor and outdoor large motor growth through the provision of ample time and appropriate space for climbing, running, stretching and other activities.
  3. Teachers will plan and facilitate games and fun activities that encourage the development of all fine and gross motor skills.

Promoting Cognitive Development

  1. Children will begin to understand spatial concepts through emptying and filling of different containers with different materials.
  2. Children will learn to categorize items in their classroom through sorting, helping with the cleanup and arranging of toys, etc. Children will be exposed to shapes and colors.
  3. Teachers will provide opportunities to classify toys or begin basic sequencing and counting (“Three blue ducks; one red duck” or “Find all the hats”.)
  4. Teachers will provide opportunities for students to re-create their world and problem solve in the dramatic play center of the classroom.
  5. Teachers will expose toddlers to ideas about cause and effect through simple science experiments (such as concepts in water play) and encourage toddlers to respond to their world with curiosity. Children will be exposed to simple concepts about nature, weather, and animals.

Promoting Spiritual Development

  1. Children will be exposed to ways to express God’s love.
  2. Children will begin to learn how to pray before meals
  3. Children will be exposed to age appropriate Christian stories and songs.

Jr/Sr 2’s

(Ages 2-3 years)

From colors, shapes and numbers to friendship and learning how to skip and jump, these teachers offer high-quality, energetic lessons to keep your child’s mind, body and spirit growing. Gym classes once per week!

Please label everything with your child’s first and last name

  • Diapers
  • Wipes
  • 2 pair of extra clothes
  • Season appropriate items to play outside in

Gym Class: Children in the 2 year old classrooms begin going to gym class once a week. They practice their gross motor and direction following skills while playing games.

Times vary based on the needs and interests of the children

6:00-8:15am    Arrival of children/ Self Selected Play
8:30-9:00am    Breakfast
9:00-9:15am    Bathroom/Diapers
9:15-9:30am    Circle time
9:30-10:30am    Gross Motor, Outside Time (Gym on Mondays)
10:30-11:00am    Art
11:00-11:30am    Lunch
11:30-12:00pm    Bathroom Diapering, Quiet Activities
12:00-2:30pm    Quiet time (times for individual children may vary)
2:30-2:45pm    Bathroom/Diapering
2:45-3:15pm    Snack
3:15-4:00pm    Self Selected Play
4:00-5:00pm    Gross motor/Outside time. Bathroom/ Diapering
5:00-6:00pm    Self-Selected Play, Parent pick up

Promoting Social – Emotional Development

  1. Teachers will provide a predictable emotional environment and consistent methods of age-appropriate discipline and consequences Toddlers will learn to explore self-identification: the learning of their physical attributes, the members of their family, and their own personal identity.
  2. Teachers will introduce concepts of self-control such as sharing, waiting for a turn, following directions, etc. Teachers will model kind and friendly interactions with children and adults
  3. Teachers will give children specific and positive praise and feedback.
  4. Children will begin to learn additional self-help skills such as washing one’s own hands and attempting to dress or put on one’s own shoes.
  5. Children will be exposed to ideas about friendship, community, and personal safety.
  6. Teachers will help facilitate students’ abilities to identify and express their emotions appropriately.

Promoting Language Development

  1. Children will be exposed to new words and vocabularies and be challenged to identify things in their world through language.
  2. Children will be exposed to books, reading materials, songs and finger plays that stimulate language, storytelling, and literacy. Children will be both read to and given opportunities to explore books and illustrations on their own.
  3. Teachers will engage children in conversations to encourage their verbal development.

Promoting Physical Development

  1. Children will be given opportunities to increase fine motor skills through delicate tasks such as writing with large crayon, finger painting or manipulative play.
  2. Children will be given opportunities for indoor and outdoor large motor growth through the provision of ample time and appropriate space for climbing, running, stretching and other activities.
  3. Teachers will plan and facilitate games and fun activities that encourage the development of all fine and gross motor skills.

Promoting Cognitive Development

  1. Children will begin to understand spatial concepts through emptying and filling of different containers with different materials.
  2. Children will learn to categorize items in their classroom through sorting, helping with the cleanup and arranging of toys, etc. Children will be exposed to shapes and colors.
  3. Teachers will provide opportunities to classify toys or begin basic sequencing and counting (“Three blue ducks; one red duck” or “Find all the hats”.)
  4. Teachers will provide opportunities for students to re-create their world and problem solve in the dramatic play center of the classroom.
  5. Teachers will expose toddlers to ideas about cause and effect through simple science experiments (such as concepts in water play) and encourage toddlers to respond to their world with curiosity. Children will be exposed to simple concepts about nature, weather, and animals.

Promoting Spiritual Development

  1. Children will be exposed to ways to express God’s love.
  2. Children will begin to learn how to pray before meals
  3. Children will be exposed to age appropriate Christian stories and songs.

3K

(Ages 3-4 years)

Children in 3K explore literacy, math, science and art. Beyond these everyday activities, 3K students experience gym and swimming. We also transport to and from select sports, dance and swim programs.

What to bring:

  • Diapers and wipes if needed
  • 2 sets of extra clothes
  • A swim suit (we will wash it after each use)
  • Swim diapers if they are still having accidents.

Specials:
Gym Class: The 3k class attends gym class once a week to practice their gross motor skills.

Swim Time: The 3K class goes to the pool on Tuesday, and Thursday for fun swim. They have swim lessons on Friday’s. The pool is staffed by certified life guards and the classroom teachers are available at the pool to assist children. The children wear life jackets when they are in the pool

Religion Time: The 3K class participates in a religion class once a week. The class learns songs, stories and simple concepts from the Bible.

Enrichment Classes: Your child will be able to sign up for YMCA enrichment classes while they are enrolled at the center. Transportation will be provided from the center to their class.

Flow of the Day:

  • Meet and Greet/Self Selected Activities
  • Morning Snack
  • Meet and Greet/Self Selected Activities
  • Breakfast
  • Bathroom Break
  • Group Time
  • Gym (Monday) Swim (Wednesday AM, Thursday AM, Friday AM)
  • Outside Play
  • Large Group Activity
  • Lunch
  • Bathroom Break
  • Rest time
  • Afternoon Snack
  • Bathroom Break
  • Outside Play/ Self Selected Activities
  • Story Time
  • Departure

Promoting Social – Emotional Development

  1. Teachers will provide a predictable emotional climate and consistent methods of age-appropriate discipline and consequences. Children will continue to explore self-identification: the learning of their physical attributes, the members of their family, and their own personal identity.
  2. Teachers will continue to facilitate the practice of concepts of self-control such as sharing, waiting for a turn, following directions, etc. and also promote the further development of self-care (hand-washing, bathroom skills, dressing and undressing independently for swim times, and general hygiene).
  3. Teachers will give children specific and positive praise and feedback.
  4. Teachers will begin to foster ideas about teamwork, and encourage children to interact and work with peers in team and partner play (such as building a tower with a friend).
  5. Children will continue to be exposed to ideas about friendship, community and personal safety.
  6. Children will be encouraged to continue developing independence and autonomy.

Promoting Language Development

  1. Children will be encouraged to try using more advanced components of language, including possessive language (“mine”, “his”, “hers”), recognizing tone and rhythm in language (speaking slow, speaking fast, whispering, etc.) and the construction of more developed sentences. Children will be encouraged to express ideas on paper at their own ability level.
  2. Children will be exposed to books, reading materials, songs and finger plays that stimulate language, storytelling and literacy and be asked to predict events in stories, retell or reflect on story components regularly.
  3. Time will be taken to plan opportunities for children to use age appropriate books, and text that caregivers read. Children will be both read to and given opportunities to explore books and illustrations on their own.
  4. Teachers will engage children in conversations, facilitate the retelling of events and stories, and ask to engage in repetitive chants, songs and rhymes.

Promoting Physical Development

  1. Children will be given opportunities to increase fine motor skills through delicate tasks such as writing with crayons and markers, cutting and use of delicate manipulatives such as beads, puzzles and small items intended for fastening and unfastening.
  2. Children will be given opportunities for indoor and outdoor large motor growth through the provision of ample time and appropriate space for climbing, running, stretching, swinging, running, hopping and other activities. Threes will experiment with using tools or equipment one handed, standing on one foot, and games and exercises for hand and eye coordination.
  3. Teachers will plan and facilitate games and fun activities that help children negotiate space and respect other’s personal space, increase ability to move and maintain positions, control the body and begin to use the body to express emotion with dance, etc.
  4. Children will be educated about a healthy lifestyle and the elements of healthy habits such as a balanced diet, water consumption and the importance of physical activity.

Promoting Cognitive Development

  1. Children will be asked to solve simple problems or reflect on solutions (“What should we do if it starts to rain on our walk today?”).
  2. Children will begin to count effectively and recognize some numerals. Children will be encouraged to accurately describe small groups of items or numbers with numerical language, and begin to contemplate simple number problems.
  3. Teachers will encourage children to build the ability to sort and match items of the same numerical or quantitative value, or compare and contrast those that differ. “There are three lemons and three bears!”
  4. Children will be given opportunities to label and use different colors and shapes and will be asked to describe objects as large, medium or small.
  5. Teachers will give children opportunities to sequence through simple seriation (small to big), sequencing (order of event), or simple patterning.
  6. Children will be encouraged to take interest in different ways of life, and different occupations and community roles. Teachers will encourage acceptance of diversity
  7. Teachers will encourage a deeper understanding of cause and effect among children, and children will be given opportunities to reflect on what they have learned. Children will be exposed to age appropriate science experiments and concepts and a growing knowledge of time, seasons, animals and nature.

Promoting Spiritual Development

  1. Children will be exposed to the idea that God will always listen and understand.
  2. Children will be exposed to the idea of God’s infinite love for us.
  3. Children will be exposed to daily prayer, age appropriate Christian stories and songs.

4K Full Day

(Ages 4-6 years)

Children in 4K will take their literacy and academic skills to the next level by engaging in reading and writing, science experiments, mathematical skills, imaginative play and much more. All children in 4K also have the opportunity to participate in swim, gym, Religion and Spanish classes.

What to bring:

  • 2 sets of extra clothes
  • A swim suit (we will wash it after each use)

Specials:
Gym Class: The 4k Full Day class attends gym class once a week to practice their gross motor skills.

Swim Time: The 4k Full Day class goes to the pool on Tuesday, and Thursday for fun swim. They have swim lessons on Friday’s. The pool is staffed by certified life guards and the classroom teachers are available at the pool to assist children. The children wear life jackets when they are in the pool

Religion Time: The 4K Full Day class participates in a religion class once a week. The class learns songs, stories and simple concepts from the Bible.

Enrichment Classes: Your child will be able to sign up for YMCA enrichment classes while they are enrolled at the center. Transportation will be provided from the center to their class.

Flow of the Day:

  • Meet and greet in the 3K classroom
  • Transition to 4K Classroom
  • Breakfast
  • Free Play in centers
  • Circle time
  • Self Selected centers
  • Story time
  • Gym (Monday) Swim (Tuesday) Religion (Wednesday) Swim Lessons (Friday)
  • Circle time
  • Lunch
  • Rest time
  • Snack
  • Outside time
  • Departure

Promoting Social – Emotional Development

  1. Teachers will provide a predictable emotional climate and consistent methods of age-appropriate discipline and consequences. Children will be encouraged to maintain attention for lessons and activities, and display an attitude of readiness to learn, including respecting classroom rules and boundaries.
  2. Children will be given specific praise and feedback.
  3. Teachers will facilitate a growth of continuing awareness in children concerning their personal needs, views and feelings, and also the consideration of the needs, views and feelings of others.
  4. Teachers will plan specific time for individual sharing (whether it is items, stories or words) so that children can develop a voice and identity in the classroom.
  5. Teachers will plan time for students to pursue their own interests and complete tasks on their own. (Examples might be independent centers, choice time, or personal projects).
  6. Children will develop a more developed sense of community within the classroom, and take part in helping tasks, including receiving jobs.
  7. Children will maintain their own self-care and hygiene.
  8. Teachers will plan time to identify, share and discuss feelings, and to plan activities that require sharing and turn taking.
  9. Children will be exposed to a wide range of interesting objects, books, and appropriate culturally diverse materials (such as multicultural dolls, books or music) and teachers will encourage awareness and tolerance. Children will be encouraged to take interest in different ways of life, and different occupation and community roles. Children will continue to identify their own personal lifestyle and belief system.

Promoting Language Development

  1. Caregivers will help facilitate active listening, meaningful conversation, and further development of vocabulary in children as acquired through exposure to books (both independent reading and story times), conversations and classroom resources. Children will be challenged to reflect what they have learned from stories and conversations and teachers will assess comprehension and attempt to facilitate ways to increase retention of stories, poems, etc.
  2. Children will be exposed to books, reading materials, songs and finger plays that stimulate language, storytelling and literacy, and introduced to story components such as author, illustrator, main idea or characters, setting, problem of a story and a solution.
  3. Children will be asked to make predictions about a story. Children will continue to develop retelling abilities and be provided with activities and opportunities to do so after being exposed to stories and songs. Chidren will understand the concept that text carries meaning, and that text is read from left to right.
  4. Children will be exposed to both upper and lowercase letters and grapheme-phoneme knowledge (phonetics) and begin to recognize and associate meaning with letters.
  5. Children will be encouraged to try and write letters, or to label simple pictures with beginning letters. “Let’s label the bear in your picture with a letter ‘B’ for bear”.
  6. Children will be encouraged to sound out words and attempt to spell with “invented spelling”. Phonetic spelling will be encouraged and children’s attempts to sound out words on their own should be encouraged, along with modeled writing or age appropriate “word walls”.
  7. Children will be given free access to a writing center and materials (i.e., blank and lined paper, a journal or writer’s notebook along with pencils, markers and crayons) and teachers will plan intentional and regular opportunities to communicate meaningfully through writing, across the curriculum. Purposeful writing includes: labeling, graphing, journaling, drawing, note writing, practicing with letters, writing one’s own name.

Promoting Physical Development

  1. Children will be given opportunities to further hone fine motor skills through cutting, manipulative, sensory and writing experiences on a regular basis.
  2. Children will be given opportunities for indoor and outdoor large motor growth through the provision of ample time and appropriate space for climbing, running, stretching and other activities.
  3. Teachers will plan and facilitate games and fun activities that promote the growth of skills such as balancing, jumping, negotiating space, control, coordination and using one arm or leg at a time, isolated movement, and the learning of personal safety.
  4. Students will be exposed to ideas about healthy lifestyles and the elements of healthy habits such as balanced family style meals and snacks, water consumption and the importance of physical activity.

Promoting Cognitive Development

  1. Children will be encouraged to accurately count verbally to 50 and beyond and recognize the numerals 1-30 and beyond if possible. Children will be encouraged to represent quantity using both abstract thought and tangible items such as fingers or objects, and to use these methods to solve simple equations or math problems.
  2. Children will be encouraged to use and understand descriptive words such as “more than”, “less than”, “bigger”, “smaller”, “circular”, etc. and use them accurately in problem solving methods.
  3. Teachers will provide ample opportunities and tools for children to measure and to describe with units of measurement (for example, measuring the length of one’s body using 1 ft measurements, or another unit of interest such as toy items: “How many teddy bears represent the length of your shoe?”
  4. Teachers will provide opportunities for children to re-create their world and problem solve in the dramatic play or role-playing centers of the classroom.

Promoting Spiritual Development

  1. Children will be exposed to the idea that God will always listen and understand.
  2. Children will be exposed to the idea of God’s infinite love for us.
  3. Children will be exposed to daily prayer, age appropriate Christian stories and songs

4K Wrap

(Ages 4-6 years) Pre-Kindergarten

Enjoy the convenience of child care right at your school with the Y’s 4K Wrap Around Care! With a focus on safety, health, social growth and academic enhancement, the Y offers participants a variety activities that explore and develop their interests and talents.

We provide transportation to and from select sports, dance and swim lessons, as well as to and from Summit Elementary for 4K attendees.

Option 1:  6:00 am – 12:30 pm
Option 2:  11:30 am – 6:00 pm
Option 3:  6:00 am – 6:00 pm

*Options 1 and 2 are available only through the end of the school year. In the summer, we only offer full-time care due to licensing requirements.

What to bring:

  • Change of Clothes
  • Backpack to carry items back and forth to and from school

Our 4K wrap program works with Summit Elementary School. Children can attend AM or PM at Summit Elementary School and we will transport them to and from the Child Care Center via walking or bus if inclement weather. Children must be registered in the Summit Elementary School 4K program to receive transportation.

Flow of the Day:

  • Morning Class
    • Free play in 3k room
    • Centers in 4k full day room
    • Breakfast or Table toys
    • Outside play
    • Circle time
    • STEAM/ word work
    • Monday: Gym; Tuesday: show and tell; Wednesday: Swimming; Thursday: Religion; Friday: Swim lessons
    • Free play
    • Lunch
    • Outside Play
    • Walk to Summit Elementary
  • Afternoon Class
    • Transport from Summit Elementary School
    • Monday: Gym; Tuesday: Show and Tell; Wednesday: Swim; Thursday: Religion; Friday: Swim lessons
    • Lunch
    • Story Time
    • Rest time
    • Snack
    • Outside play
    • STEAM/ Word work
    • Clean up
    • Departure

Promoting Social – Emotional Development

  1. Teachers will provide a predictable emotional climate and consistent methods of age-appropriate discipline and consequences. Children will be encouraged to maintain attention for lessons and activities, and display an attitude of readiness to learn, including respecting classroom rules and boundaries.
  2. Children will be given specific praise and feedback.
  3. Teachers will facilitate a growth of continuing awareness in children concerning their personal needs, views and feelings, and also the consideration of the needs, views and feelings of others.
  4. Teachers will plan specific time for individual sharing (whether it is items, stories or words) so that children can develop a voice and identity in the classroom.
  5. Teachers will plan time for students to pursue their own interests and complete tasks on their own. (Examples might be independent centers, choice time, or personal projects).
  6. Children will develop a more developed sense of community within the classroom, and take part in helping tasks, including receiving jobs.
  7. Children will maintain their own self-care and hygiene.
  8. Teachers will plan time to identify, share and discuss feelings, and to plan activities that require sharing and turn taking.
  9. Children will be exposed to a wide range of interesting objects, books, and appropriate culturally diverse materials (such as multicultural dolls, books or music) and teachers will encourage awareness and tolerance. Children will be encouraged to take interest in different ways of life, and different occupation and community roles. Children will continue to identify their own personal lifestyle and belief system.

Promoting Language Development

  1. Caregivers will help facilitate active listening, meaningful conversation, and further development of vocabulary in children as acquired through exposure to books (both independent reading and story times), conversations and classroom resources. Children will be challenged to reflect what they have learned from stories and conversations and teachers will assess comprehension and attempt to facilitate ways to increase retention of stories, poems, etc.
  2. Children will be exposed to books, reading materials, songs and finger plays that stimulate language, storytelling and literacy, and introduced to story components such as author, illustrator, main idea or characters, setting, problem of a story and a solution.
  3. Children will be asked to make predictions about a story. Children will continue to develop retelling abilities and be provided with activities and opportunities to do so after being exposed to stories and songs. Chidren will understand the concept that text carries meaning, and that text is read from left to right.
  4. Children will be exposed to both upper and lowercase letters and grapheme-phoneme knowledge (phonetics) and begin to recognize and associate meaning with letters.
  5. Children will be encouraged to try and write letters, or to label simple pictures with beginning letters. “Let’s label the bear in your picture with a letter ‘B’ for bear”.
  6. Children will be encouraged to sound out words and attempt to spell with “invented spelling”. Phonetic spelling will be encouraged and children’s attempts to sound out words on their own should be encouraged, along with modeled writing or age appropriate “word walls”.
  7. Children will be given free access to a writing center and materials (i.e., blank and lined paper, a journal or writer’s notebook along with pencils, markers and crayons) and teachers will plan intentional and regular opportunities to communicate meaningfully through writing, across the curriculum. Purposeful writing includes: labeling, graphing, journaling, drawing, note writing, practicing with letters, writing one’s own name.

Promoting Physical Development

  1. Children will be given opportunities to further hone fine motor skills through cutting, manipulative, sensory and writing experiences on a regular basis.
  2. Children will be given opportunities for indoor and outdoor large motor growth through the provision of ample time and appropriate space for climbing, running, stretching and other activities.
  3. Teachers will plan and facilitate games and fun activities that promote the growth of skills such as balancing, jumping, negotiating space, control, coordination and using one arm or leg at a time, isolated movement, and the learning of personal safety.
  4. Students will be exposed to ideas about healthy lifestyles and the elements of healthy habits such as balanced family style meals and snacks, water consumption and the importance of physical activity.

Promoting Cognitive Development

  1. Children will be encouraged to accurately count verbally to 50 and beyond and recognize the numerals 1-30 and beyond if possible. Children will be encouraged to represent quantity using both abstract thought and tangible items such as fingers or objects, and to use these methods to solve simple equations or math problems.
  2. Children will be encouraged to use and understand descriptive words such as “more than”, “less than”, “bigger”, “smaller”, “circular”, etc. and use them accurately in problem solving methods.
  3. Teachers will provide ample opportunities and tools for children to measure and to describe with units of measurement (for example, measuring the length of one’s body using 1 ft measurements, or another unit of interest such as toy items: “How many teddy bears represent the length of your shoe?”
  4. Teachers will provide opportunities for children to re-create their world and problem solve in the dramatic play or role-playing centers of the classroom.

Promoting Spiritual Development

  1. Children will be exposed to the idea that God will always listen and understand.
  2. Children will be exposed to the idea of God’s infinite love for us.
  3. Children will be exposed to daily prayer, age appropriate Christian stories and songs.

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  • Weekly swim lessons for children ages 3 & up
  • Weekly gym class
  • Bi-weekly fun swim time
  • Extra enrichment classes with transportation
  • Spanish lessons for ages 4 & up
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