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| Philosophy | Schedule | Teachers |
| Our Philosophy | |
| Children learn by hands-on experience and by interacting with the environment, peers, and teachers. Teachers are facilitators in the learning environment. The role of the teacher is to guide and stimulate learning. Our most important goal is to help children become enthusiastic learners. This means encouraging children to be active and creative explorers who are not afraid to try out their ideas and to think their own thoughts. We try to help children become independent, self-confident, and inquisitive learners. We allow them to learn at their own pace and in ways that are best for them. We prepare the children to make the transition into Kindergarten but do not teach them the skills that they will learn in Kindergarten. We expose the children to a lot of concepts but never expect mastery of any of them. Children who are given plenty of time to play learn to ask their own questions and figure out their own answers. They see themselves as explorers, discoverers, problem solvers and inventors. | |
| Pre-K Tiggers Daily Schedule | |
| 6:30 - 8:30 | Arrival and Free Choice Play
As the children arrive they sign-in, answer the question of the day and then choose from toys and games, building, or dramatic play. They can play individually or in small groups. Free playtime allows the children to develop their social skills. |
| 8:45 - 9:00 | Morning Meeting
This time consists of sharing time from the children, calendar/weather, question of the day and going over the plan for the day. |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Breakfast/Music
As the children finish eating and cleaning up from breakfast they participate in music activities. |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Circle Time
Using the Breakthrough to Literacy Program, the children hear a "Book of the Week" and participate in related activities. |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Center Time
Learning centers are designated subject areas where activities are provided for children to be directly involved in the learning process. The children are allowed to choose activities that are developmentally appropriate. Learning centers incorporated in our classroom are: Library, Dramatic Play, Sand and Water, Music and Movement, Art, Building, Toys and Games, Cooking, Computer and Discovery. |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Outside Classroom
The children work on developing large motor skills as well as having fun with their friends. |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Storytime
We will be reading a story based on our theme to encourage reading and listening. |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Lunch
The children serve themselves their own lunch and are in charge of cleaning up their area when they are finished eating. They then start getting ready for nap. |
| 12:30 - 2:30 | Nap
The children rest for 1 hour and then are given a choice to look at books if they are not sleeping. |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | Wake-up Time and Snack
As the children wake up, they fold their blankets, put away their nap toys, use the bathroom and return to the classroom for snack. |
| 3:00 - 6:00 | Free Choice Play
Evening playtime allows them to play with the children from the other classrooms. They have a variety of toys to choose from inside and outside, as well as small group activities as the parents arrive to pick up their children. |
| Pre-K Tigger Teachers | |
 Ms. Angie |
 Ms. Dina |